I will just offer some advice. It's not just that trading is hard and that the gurus are full of it.
It comes down to the fact that trading is a very secretive business, at every level, and especially at the highest levels. Traders, quants, support staff, and other roles in S&T all sign non disclosure agreements, have coercive compensation structures, and in many cases are heavily invested in their status, position, and reputation above all. They will not risk being sued by bank lawyers just to educate wanna be traders. Most likely, the're already rich from their banking gigs anyway.
The truth is that most of trading centers around the investment banks, as they are involved in almost every market and have all the biggest clients. Nearly every trade you will ever enter into as a retail trader will involve you being a party to their business in one way or another.
To put this simply, if you want "edge" then you need to learn about what advantages are out there that you as a retail trader do not have access to. You need to be able to answer questions like, how do pro futures traders get around and even take advantage of "negative edge" or like how do those with options expertise find better R:R and exposures relative to the heat they're taking.
You just need to be honest with yourself about how good are your fills relative to other market participants.
If you're getting filled at weak prices and quotes are sweeping through your stops all the time, there are too many participants in the market with too similar of a position as you. It's that simple. You were lured into a trap designed to rope in algo traders on as many timeframes as possible.
You want your position to be relatively unharmed, even while the rest are getting skinned alive. It sounds ruthless, and it is. Trust me when I tell you, the banks do NOT want you to understand their business. And for good reason.
