Originally Posted by redietz View Post
I'm looking for hard evidence that a "win goal effect" exists. And I'm looking for why, if there's no evidence of one, people still believe.
I don't think you can show hard evidence that when you quit after reaching a win goal that you kept yourself from winning more later at the same session. You might as well ask: why should you cross a street at the corner instead of the middle of the block? What proof do you have that you won't get hit by a car crossing at the corner? Well, you can get hit at a corner just as you could get hit crossing in the middle of the block, but crossing at the corner gives you certain advantages such as traffic control devices and visibility. It's the same with quitting with a win goal, you know that quitting when you have a profit allows you to quit with a profit and to enjoy the win. Too many times I have been up a lot -- and lost it all back -- because I didn't "quit when ahead."