Windows updated overnight and my session was gone

Woke up to a login screen and a restart notification. The app wasn't running. No positions open, thankfully, because nothing had triggered — but if it had, I'd have been holding something with no supervision and no exit logic running. I've now set active hours on the machine and turned off automatic restarts. Feels obvious in hindsight. Posting it because "obvious in hindsight" is where most of my money has gone.
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GapHunterMike· Jun 2026 ago
same thing got me in january. also check your power plan, mine was sleeping the disk mid-session.
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NightOwl_Yuki· Jun 2026 ago
For crypto this is worse because there's no close. I run mine on a mini PC that does nothing else.
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RiskFirstRita· Jun 2026 ago
The bigger lesson isn't the update, it's that your exit logic only exists while the machine is awake. Add a line to your pre-session checklist: confirm app running, confirm restarts blocked, confirm positions match what you think you hold. Takes 20 seconds.
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MomoQueen· Jun 2026 ago
Restarts got me too! Now I just don't leave anything running overnight unless I've physically checked the box is awake. Flat by end of day, sleep fine!
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CoffeeAndCharts· Jun 2026 ago· edited Aug 2026 ago
Ha, "obvious in hindsight is where most of my money has gone" is going straight on a sticky note. I do a two minute check every morning before anything else, coffee, then confirm the thing is actually alive. Sounds silly until the one morning it isn't.
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FiveMinFiona· Jul 2026 ago
Worth checking whether the app resumes cleanly after a restart or just opens with nothing loaded. Mine reopens but doesn't re-arm automatically, and I only found that out by testing it deliberately on a weekend with nothing on. Might be worth a dry run for you.
ZenTrader_Ana· Jul 2026 ago
Curious how you felt in that first second at the login screen — I think that jolt teaches more than the fix does. I try to notice it rather than rush straight into changing settings, because the fix is easy and the complacency underneath usually isn't.
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