What do you wish you knew...

I wish I did not have so much money when I began the learning curve.

 

I wish I had T-REX from day 0ne.

 

Welcome. I also enjoy your article. You give terrific answers to often very difficult questions.

 

Now THAT'S the truth ! !

 

there's a lot of things. but most importantly is you can never overestimate this beast. it can ruin your life, it can bury you alive if you let it. or it can change your life around for the better. it's a huge step, it's a huge commitment.

 

analogy just came to my mind. it is like a beast, like a wild bear in a circus, you're the showman. it has the power to demolish you. the moment you lose respect for it, it will. and even if you do everything 100% right things can still happen like what happened in Vegas recently. Mastering trading is taming the beast!!!!!

 

This may sound strange, but I wish I had known the difference between a retracement and a new trend. It's not just that I made mistakes classifying individual situations, I just had no grasp on the concept at all.

 

I wish I had done more research and less trading.

 

less greed, more patience

 

for the experienced, did the trading vehicle have any effect on the learning curve? i know a previous poster mentioned a slower moving market. i know that individual stocks can move for numerous reasons, and just wanted to know about the market to begin on? equities, es, nq, etc...