Quote from lostman007:
beginner trading 101
the first charter in your book should be "trade to trade well, not to make money
charter two, three, four, and five "lost of control = lost of your trading account" (its really that simple)
charter six "the trend is your friend" (not the news, chat rooms, or indicators, If you can't clearly see the trend going up or down then don't take the trade!)
charter seven "never never counter trend trade", (sound simple, right bet your account you can't do it)
charter eight go out and find a trading plan (learn price action (candle sticks) look at charts until you see candle sticks in your sleep and soon after that you will start seeing trading setups.)
charter nine last charter paper trade your trading setups until you believe in them like you believe in Death and Taxes
I've been a full time trader for over 15 years now and I don't know of a better game plan.