What's missing?

[murray t turtle]

When I say insane, what I mean is there is not a day that goes by that I don't tell myself, "you could have made money if you were a better trader (or had held/had taken that trade)"

Stats aren't really important because I know what's killing me from studying my trades. I'm dying to classic trader issues - long bias, not holding and over trading. All my losing days are due to the things you mentioned; skipping trades, or not holding ones that I should.

If I could just fix the holding issue, I'd make a living trading 100%. I am taking too many trades on a small tick chart that don't result in any meaningful move. Watching a larger time scale will encourage holding longer because you don't have every other bar making you think you're wrong.

%% Good point MM ,on watching [ + printing candlecharts or barcharts same way] larger time frames, as far as making a profit .
[2] Helps, helps a lot in holding,2..

[3] I want a long bias in an upTrending bull market; in a downTrending bear market[defined by 200 day moving average]-i want a bear downTrend bias.