Even the simplest methods "WorK". Most traders don't have the discipline to take the drawdowns that are part of the methods. It simply comes down to cutting your losses and letting your winners run.
Sports gamblers lose because the pick the wrong team. so you must know bullish or bearish...... then the gamblers get cute and do the over/under... don't complicate the trade.... then the gamblers bet on 5 different games... don't do that... so what have we learned... YOU MUST KNOW DIRECTION!!!!! oh yea, that is impossible to know with 100% certainty. so then try to know with 55%...... now how far will the market go? Impossible to know... ok.....so biggest weakness is having no edge, ever.... so the only thing remains is to bet big at first.... if you truly have an edge, you should have 1 billion dollars.
Not necessarily. Perhaps part of your edge is using small size. Operating under the radar.It may not be scalable.
Not being patient and waiting for quality/high probability setups. Instead I find myself trying to trade poor setups.
You need a #6) Staying awake By far toughest problem in ES, bars get 1-3 ticks and go sideways, like watching paint dry.
Well, I certainly don't agree with THAT. In my overly humble opinion, it is one of a small handful of brilliant ET polls. Go back to your tiddling.