Disliked{quote} I do have losers , but they are due to my mistakes. some very obvious , some not so obvious. I keep a record of the losers and what mistakes i make in my journal and i try not to make those mistakes again. This is how i measure my progress. Also most losers come from experimental trades , which i know i should not be taking but do anyways. This has to do with my own psychological issues. Sometimes i deviate from my trading plans. if you want i can post losers too. Most of my losers come from silly mistakes and experimental trades. Its just...Ignored
I just talk from my own perspective: There was a time when I wanted to "improve" no matter what. So any time I lost, I wanted to at least learn from it. Technical Analysis is a wonderful thing and I have always found a reason why that trade was not good at that time. (And then added a note/rule/exception to my trading.) Instead of giving me edge, this process later kind of ruined the whole trading as I have had so many rules and stuff going on that I started to hesitate.
For me the hardest thing was really accepting that markets are usually random and thus no matter what strategy I have, I will have tons of unavoidable losses.
Im just saying all this as you kind of sound like you blame the losses on either "experimental" trades or "psychological" issues.
But maybe im wrong
Best,
Stephen
It's all psychology...