What is the one check you run before you press the button when you feel rushed?

Most of us have a moment, usually right before an order goes in, where the urge to act outruns the plan. Some people count to ten, some step away from the screen, some write one sentence about why this trade and not the next one. The specific habit matters less than whether it fires reliably when the stakes feel high. I find it useful to separate the check into two parts: something that slows the hands down, and something that tests the reasoning. A pause on its own can just leave you sitting with the same impulse. A question you can answer in writing, like "what would make me wrong here," gives the pause something to do. It also helps to notice when the check gets skipped. Often that happens right after a loss or a streak of wins, which are exactly the states where the rules feel least necessary. Tracking those moments can be more revealing than tracking the trades. What is the one check you run before you press the button when you feel rushed, and when did you last catch yourself skipping it?