I daresay trading is simple.

I've always believed there's no crying in the casino. I know it's a cliché, yeah.

Over the last few months, I've gotten plenty of messages on Discord from friends saying things like, "I've been losing," "The market is shit," "I don't know what to do," etc.

That particular complaint is very relatable to me, except that I choose not to complain or whine about it.

I always treat it as a skill issue, and it really is.

You don't believe me?

I personally haven't taken any wins since the 24th of July.

Just breakevens and about 12 losses (4 of the losses happened in October that barely started). I also think there's one I didn't even write about or even journaled. That particular one was extremely frustrating because of the effort that went into it.

Just like everyone else, I find it frustrating, especially when it seems like you're doing everything to the best of your knowledge.

At some point, I had zero motivation. I didn't want to workout or read, or even fill out my daily logs. The only thing I refused to do, was to stop trading, and that’s because i was fed up.

Despite all the losses, every day I look at the chart, I see trading for what it is: simple. not easy, simple, but simple is hard.

reminds me of a favorite quote of mine:

"Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius."

It's just the mind that complicates and overthinks everything in a bid to achieve certainty. The majority of my trading setbacks can all be linked back to the mind.

I'll tell you something about feedback because trading, just like everything else, is a feedback game. But with trading, the feedback comes at you so fast.

Before I go on, keep in mind that losing streaks are normal.

I don't have an answer to losing streaks, and I'm also learning not to be bothered by them.

But that can only be possible if:

1. I have an edge, and I trust it, which I do.

2. I'm executing rightly, which I doubt I'm doing optimally.