DislikedYou can't trade being intimidated by the market like most traders (95%) I've seen here in this forum, you have to find ways to be the best your own way. I don't have to tell you that because I know you're a good trader, I'd learned something from you also.
How I learned to trade was by pure luck and found a good system early on. It took me another 2 mos and two down accounts later with good MM practice to be profitable.
Like some poster said: "Fear is a mind killer"
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I have been paper and live trading almost every day in recent years and I have find out that I can't find no advantage with my trading. In the long term always ending up in zero, minus the spread, so overally losing slightly.
I have never blown up a single trading account, but I'm losing always 1-4% per month, I have been doing the same slight losing stabilliy in recent 18 months. I'm quite happy although with losing only so little as I trade quite often But even without the spread I wouldn't be making profit, ending up zero without spread. So trading less often wouldn't make it positive neither, just a smaller lose.
There is no good or bad systems technical systems, it's just the question of luck whether the market will match your system or not. Same with money management. Only good rule is to trade small.