Going against the trend
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Revenge trading
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Trade everyday
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Those are the few lessons I learnt from failure, what did you learn?
These mistakes that the OP has shared are some of the most common mistakes that I've experienced when it comes to trading. I've tried to go against the trend already because I thought that at some point, it will go down, but I'm wrong and because of that, I lose some money, and because I lost some money, I'll try to recover it that's why I'll open up another position after that. Basically, I'll revenge trade just so that I can get those losses, but what happened is that I lost even more because I opened a position based on what I feel and not on what I think will happen. I didn't analyze the market, but I let my emotions trade for me, so I lost.
As for trading everyday, there's nothing wrong with it TBH. I mean you can make 2-3 trades every single day, and you're still fine doing it. If you make 2-3 trades and you made money then you're good for the day, and if you lost then you can recover the next day. There's nothing wrong with trading every single day (weekends excluded). What's wrong is that, making around 15-20 trades per day because that will take a toll on your mind in the long run.
What did I learn? You don't need huge capital to make money in trading. You can still make profits by just trading 20$, because for me, experience, knowledge, and a working strategy will make you profitable, and not having a huge capital. You can have $1000, and still ending up losing it all if you don't have these 3. Of course, these 3 aren't enough for you to make money in trading because there's still so much to learn after that.