If you're serious rather than seeking a rationalization, look at the questions you asked about ZS and CL. Apparently you've done little research and even less testing and therefore have no trading plan. So the first steps are research and testing. If you don't want to do that, then you will continue to fail until you either run out of money or quit. However many others are failing is not pertinent since they are failing for the same reasons.
Would you like to point out what's wrong with my questions? I was expecting something more specific, preferably quantitative based discussion. Thank you.
Friend, You need to find an edge. These folks who state they are successful by reading the same price feeds as everyone else--- are either already independently wealthy and this is a hobby, they are lying, or they have some type of gift that is inherent and not transferable. Be taught an edge that is working in the current market or find one--- and remember it will not last. Don't believe the hype.
Whether or not somebody else is bullish or bearish or neutral and what their entry points and stop placements might be is irrelevant. If you've done the research and testing, then you know what to do. If you haven't, you don't. It's that simple. You can stop losing today if you really want to. If you don't want to stop, then the problem is outside what a trading forum can do for you. As for quantitative, I assume you know what the scientific method is. If you don't, study it. You'll have more quantitative than you'll know what to do with.
I think that when an honest trader who admitted that he had an overall net lost, and is seeking help, he is seeking useful information that is quantifiable. Anyone can provide generic & qualitative information which is freely available & useless. We are never short of negative energies in all kinds of forums. Please keep discussion intellectual.