I will never say trading is easy. It can be simple, but easy is the wrong word for it. It can be effortless, when you are experienced and know what you are doing, but getting there does take some commitment to see it through.
you can make it complicated or simple and easy
i have traded elliot wave for 5 years ,price action for 10.....but after everything i returned to the most basic of them all.
double top and double bottom .......yellow line is a double top and white line is confirmation of the double top and entry. this one thing is enough to make you profitable.
https://www.tradingview.com/x/pAkxRxrm/
this is a double top that failed, marked with blue arrow see chart link :
https://www.tradingview.com/x/CYD7ArsR/
..it failed because the second leg of the DT was too strong.....but even if that was not noticed, if after the stop was hit, the trade was reversed, the loss would have been made up.
in this chart yellow line is the DT or DB and white line is confirmation of the DT and entry.. stop is above the yellow line
it may also be seen that if the DT,...DB is 'bigger'...the resulting move is larger
this IS simple easy.......
there will be losses ,yes!
but you will have the edge
this the road i feel every trader should travel on.....
you can make living just doing this very simple easy thing. no recession or virus will affect your income