Sim trading and live trading are very different. I lost $25,000.00 in the market before I figured what worked for me. If you have a plan, write it down on a piece of paper and follow it. During my gambling days in the stock market, I would trade whatever, whenever with no goal, and on a whim. I would add to losers, take early profits, allocate all my capital to the market because I had a good "feeling" about it.