What keeps the money boundary from moving mid-session?

A limit is decided away from pressure

How strict should the loss cap be?

The handbook makes it absolute. Choose only an amount that fits your finances and the larger trip before you are in the session. It does not become larger because the machine seems close, because an offer requires more points or because you want to recover a loss. A number that changes whenever you are disappointed is no longer doing the job of a boundary.

Does reaching the cap mean I should switch machines?

It means the exposure has reached its ending. Switching does not refund earlier money or start another allowance. Scott’s memoir describes forty-dollar probes within his personal daily ceiling. Those are his reported circumstances, not recommended stakes. The lesson is that several small attempts still belong inside one larger boundary, and stopping sooner is always allowed.

Winnings do not become worthless cash

If I am ahead, can I treat the extra as house money?

Cashable winnings are money you can choose to keep. The handbook and the newer notes emphasize protecting meaningful wins rather than automatically using them to extend exposure. Scott’s memoir also describes selected-profit reinvestment. Those are different approaches in the sources; we should not disguise that difference. This Guide follows the explicit win-protection rule, with the memoir’s practice identified separately.

Must I stay until a win ceiling is reached?

No. A protection threshold is an exit rule when a result arrives, not a required target to chase. Losing attempts can end without reaching it. Fatigue, changed readiness or simply deciding to leave can end a session earlier. A cap is a maximum boundary, not a promise to spend all the money or remain until the room produces a reward.

Protect tomorrow from tonight’s negotiation

The money rule protects the life outside the machine. Do not add an emergency deposit, replay a protected win because of excitement or turn the next cruise into a recovery project. The complete sources show why these temptations are persuasive. The useful result here is that the boundary stays clear even when the outcome is not what you wanted.