Well, its been two years now,not profitable but the bleeding has definately been stopped. hovering around the break even zone for what feels like eternity,started in futures with the minis right out of the gate and got handled,never tracked anything,never journaled,what I did do right was stick to my strategy.with the exception of two or three really bad “revenge trade” episodes that ended in big losses i stuck to the plan. in an effort to minimize risk i switched to forex, $1 risk sounded alot better than $10 to me.and it was. i’m still trading forex. i stick to eur/usd and aud/nzd because the two have little effect on each other.the amount of technical analysis i’ve absorbed over the last 2 years is extensive but hands down, the most improvement has come in the emotional side of things,the psychology. i do track my trades now and i do have some technical rules for entry but other than that my strat is still pretty much the same as it was. what i dont do is force a trade every day.i dont go on diatribes when i lose about how “rigged”this whole game is,and it is rigged. but its winnable. i no longer watch youtube videos and call it studying, i study candles now.i look at last weeks price action,i review every trade,i used to trade on a 1 min chart. these days the 1hr feels to fast for me.I still enjoy trading but in a very different way than in the beginning..the thrill of rolling the dice is gone and has been replaced with a cold determination to see this through,properly, to the end. if theres an idea in here i guess its this. Dont give up,Get better