Let me explain in simple terms how the market works, contrary to the opinion of some here. The big traders use two terms to describe ALL investors and traders... Smart Money & Dumb Money. They love it when you don't know/think you are trading against them and every failed move you have described above is exactly as they set it up. You statements add up to Dumb Money thinking.
You made 15% in a short period so 25% in a year should be a breeze; only problem was you blew up. Here's a reality check: if you can be a trader/investor making 25% a year, quit what you are doing and start managing other peoples money - they will throw it at you gladly. You'll be among the very best performers who have decades of experience trading various market scenarios. And you will do it with an exceptionally short learning curve after making a bundle of naive mistakes. Then you can write a book on how you did it.
While being around the top of the investor performance tables is one thing and 25% PA will put you up there, at the same time being able to cut it as a trader is quite another. But some here will tell you are not trading against the most ruthless, cunning competition⦠just yourself. Friend, when it to comes to money, you are in the lionâs den and you are dinner.
Just keep thinking as you do, doing as you have done and watch what happens when the market does it's next, "Well I didn't expect that!" move. No harm in dreaming so long as you don't think it's real... you have not paid you dues but one way or another if you continue you sure will.
