The reality of trading? $S&P 500(.SPX)$ You can be completely right and still lose money. > Price hits your exact level > Does what you thought it would > Then stops you out anyway before the move actually happens Just how it goes sometimes. Trading is about having something that works when you do it a hundred times. One trade doesn't tell you anything. 20 trades? 50? That's when you start seeing if you actually have an edge or if you just got lucky. Consistent traders don't care about landing one huge winner or having one good month. We care about not blowing up, trading the same thing every time, not losing our mind when trades go against us and making money most months. Anyone can screenshot one big win. Show me six green months in