Nice post. I think you are addressing some very clear issues for beginners. Rarely happens on ET. This comes very close to a possible viewpoint foe beginners which is: learn to trade only portions of the markets at first. Do not try to trade all conditions. Learn by levels of market complexity which may lead you to a comprehensive trading syrategy build level by level. I wish the thread had followed with a discussionof how to learn about treading as a new person looking at the opportunity.