i boom and bust many many times in 30 plus years of trading. when i went from making a living to making a killing, i stopped trading and took up shopping as a full time occupation. i was so burned out on trading and i wanted to have some fun so i burned through millions and now regret it...
trading life revolves around finding an edge, if you don't get that then forget the next steps.
if you find a edge you still fail if you don't have focus, patience and money management skills.
if you have the above you may still fail if you don't have the right hardware, software and data...
i spent the next 15 years spending that money - i ran out and i'm back trading again now, taking it slow things have changed. but i am making progress, everyone has to find their edge. the op has not put his time in so he doesn't deserve anything yet. when you first start out old timers will...
i made 5mm in two days of trading es500 futures at member clearing rates, my max risk was 330k which happened the first 2 hours of the first day. but i am not selling anything but i will tell you i got the ideas for the method from perry kaufman's book smarter trading.
So you have college and did it help you in trading? (y) (n)
You say you took a couple of trading courses but dismiss most of them because why would a teacher teach right I get it. Why would that same theory not apply to college education? Why would you not realize that in college you are...
i published a edge or two - they blew up under load - shook off everyone came back - blew up under load - you have about 1 -2 year cycles. when the edge is first exposed it will ride higher for 3-6 months then starts that cycle.
what was the risk vs the gain? if you risk more than less than 1% on a trade that was too much. the curve looks much like buy and hold, there is a difference between trading and investing.
losers in the market will always find something to blame, ai, algo's, insiders, commissions, data feeds, computers, networking, you name it there will be a reason. no one looks in the mirror except successful traders.
ai is as silly as the people who believe it can be applied to a dynamic market. ai is a close relative of curve fitting it can not learn, it can only curve fit the past.