Thanks for the replies.
In most other fields, particularly sports, there a basic teqchniques that you can practise to improve. With trading I seem to be searching for the basic techniques. If I were to try and make it in tennis now, I could find instruction concerning the basics which it would be necessary to master. Becoming exceptional at those techniques would be necessary; developing an exceptional mental attitude would also be required.
Are there similar basics to master in trading? A robust methodolgy that works - I don't exect it to be easy but I want a direction to take.