in my vocab it would come done to knowing/understanding the rules, being able to follow the rules, execute trades according to the rules, exit from trades as per the exit rules.
that i can and do, that is what i meant on "i think"...should i say i am sure. the rest probably comes with practice, and more practice, but after the slowly moving ahead 10 trade challenge -seeing many other pairs giving signals but sitting on my hand - i believe the best way to proceed to gain more trade experience is by doing more trades, ie. watching not one but two pairs for the time being.
you like metaphors, so, let me use one here:
traders, like people, are in different life stages.
a baby first needs to crawl, then walk, then run. common wisdom.
a man, after a traumatic accident needs to relearn walking and running. no one seem to mind that he doesnt relearn crawling before attempt the relearn walking.
accepted that take what suits his situation best, without using the common wisdom ( in the example crawling) as a blanket rule.
i am very happy if i can hear more on the mastery, as i am sure intend to master this!
there is always, always another trade!!