My point is that there may be something occurring in your personal life that has impact on your trading. Yet, if all is peachy king...then it may be that you just need more experience with your method. For some that means a few more months and for others a few more years. Thus, everybody is different and it really shouldn't matter how long it took the other guy especially if the other guy isn't using the same trading tools as you are, trading different trading instruments, has different experiences with the market et cetera. I would guess for most its a few years with the same method. Mark
Analyzing their trading with a journal, knowing in advance when the fear is going to pop up and expecting it. ... Gives you the ability to feel it when it happens and when you feel it, you can take action over it. It is unrecognized feelings - and their energy - that take control of our actions. Impulse trades come from the same source. The more we can let the feeling be there... and tolerate it while it is there - the more we can choose to take an action even though we feel afraid.