Something like that, but some learn faster and some never learn. I am not sure I would agree with the other part of your post, but that's not so important.
I am a relative newcomer to trading, as I started my journey in July 2012, but I did not know then that it would be a journey. I am still on that journey. But I have learned how to trade. I still have much to learn, surely. But I can trade for a regular profit. Here is how I did it: I started to participate on an internet message board similar to elitetrader.com, just as you are doing here. And dbphoenix posted in response to one of my posts the same post he addressed here to you: My goal when I started, just over a year ago, was to retire from my trade - I am a self-employed, blue collar tradesman - within six months, which would have been by January 2013. I did not make it. But I was able to reduce my work week first by one day, then by two days by January 2013. Then in May/June I reduced my work week to just two market days and Saturday. As of August 2013, I am now trading the opening 60-120 minutes of the NY session everyday, and I work my trade in the afternoon/evening, and some Saturdays. I will be retired from my trade completely by January 1, 2014. I am not an expert trader. But I learned how to trade. And here is how I did it: I read DbPhoenix's Wyckoff forum. I studied his eBook. I studied everything Richard Wyckoff wrote that I could get my hands on. I watched a lot of price action in real time. I am now learning to draw straight lines. I am a rookie, an apprentice, and when you are my age and you've done what I've been doing for a living for close to thirty years, you appreciate once again having the opportunity to become "an apprentice." As one rookie to another, let me advise you this: Most people on these message boards are not here to help you. Most of them really do not have much market knowledge or sense. Most have started right where you are today and have remained there for year upon blessed year filling their heads with myths and their hearts with fear and loathing. Most will spend more energy and time discouraging others or fighting others than trying to better themselves or help another. Most, but not all. DbPhoenix is one who does know this business. I cannot say that his way is the only way to trade, but from what I have learned from him and from Wyckoff studies about how the market works, I cannot conceive of any other way to trade the market. If you want to learn to trade, a good place to start would be to follow his link to the trading journal/trading log, and then look for his journal here at ET called "If you can draw a straight line ..." I can also recommend looking up nodoji here at ET. I spent some time the last few weeks reading her posts going all the way back to her first day trading stocks journal from five years ago. She learned how to trade, and you can learn from her posts also. Good luck to you!
Input one may think that the operations in the forex currency market are something completely new and difficult, however, the basics are easy to learn. Only need to have knowledge of language and specific terms and understand how forex market works.
there is nothing you should learn in trading. forget about those idicators, eliiot waves, random walks,... all of them. did you once go to some auction place,like ebay to buy somthing through bid/ask? if you do, you already know how to trade. trading is play emotions. I remeber I goto ebay to buy an old computer, I try to lower my bid, but someone raised bid, and ask is rasied too. after several rounds, I feel annoyed, I raised my bid at above ask. oops, I get deal. when I checked other sites, I realized I pay way too much! so next time, you may think youlearned a lesson, you start to put a lower ball bid, but who cares, you dont get teh deal, and the auction goes crazy, the final deal is way too high (you think) or did you go fishing? sometimes it is so easy to catch lot lot lot of fishes but sometimes it is so hard, change lots of bait /spots, just didnot catch anything!
trading is so easy trading is so hard when I spot the best strong trend, I feel I can become instant millionaire in one second when I am stuck in a murky no trending market, I feel sick, I want to quit and give up trading avoid murky markets as possible as you can: do not chanllenge yourself, youcannot figure out the wayout. join those cleanly defined trends:almost cruise control, then sleep, play
If you really want to find out, I would suggest that you start here, and then actually follow the steps outlined. If you do follow them, you will discover whether or not you might achieve your goal with your current "trade idea.":