The fact that most folks don't believe this is not surprising, given the results that most come away with.
Yes this makes sense, I guess I am still at the stage of trying to fully understand what trading styles there are, THEN knowing which one to refine as my own.
Your thought process going into a trade -> need to know what drives the market quality, and they are the market liquidity and market volatility. Rule1) Any system that did not take into account these two, will generate inconsistent results. And the risk management will complement your system - and the risk level will depend on you. Rule 2) trade on the dominant trend, if you're not able to identify when the dominant trend begins, you will generate inconsistent results.
Honestly, you need to commit the same energy and focus to your protocol for sitting with a trade (I.e. Trade management) as you do the conditions for entering a trade. It makes or breaks trading careers.
The thought process is where do I enter the trade, where will I exit the trade if I am losing money, and where will I exit the trade if I am making money. A profitable or losing trade is consider successful if the trade is take per some set of rules, plan, or any reason before you take the trade. Even a loser trade is successful if you understand why you took the trade and comfortable with the risk.
recession2016, Risk management is not an edge, its just monitoring your money. Anyone can or will eventually learn this after enough losses or wins. Edge in trading is what makes my trading system create less losses and more wins technically. Edge is what makes this trade I am about to take have high probability of winning then my competitors.
From what I've seen over the years, I have to disagree with you on this point. You give too much credit to your fellow human beings.