InGodsfavour

Emios....RELAX! Learn to trade effectively. The tape reading is not mandatory. Many other better ways. But if you have to, then just do it. You do not have to readjust as you never read the old way to begin with. Finish school and get ready for a real education. Trading is like a high wire balancing act. No room for any mistakes. Re the pattern trader BS...Open an acct in Canada or the UK to skirt that nonsense. It will be here when you finish school. Don't worry. BTW futures are GREAT trading vehicles. Better than stocks in many ways. Finish your Francais Education and get ready for the ride of your life!

AmCan1, seems like you know most of which you need to do to do what you want to do. Now, do you know what to actually do to get to where you want to go? Can you and will you do that effectively or will you continue to do what you've been doing, expecting different results? These are things you will have to honestly consider. If you believe you will improve doing the same old, well... You will have to do something which you have not done yet to get that jolt and thrust you into the next realm. I did more or less the same old for years and kept expecting better/different results. It does not work. It's delusional. My jolt was the live paid room which gave me the horse power to realize the potency of that room/idea. Knowing this I searched for a better room after the first one was exhausted. In the past I was very adverse to paying for a trading room. That was a naive and stupid notion. I wish I was not so financially closed minded in retrospect. The fact I was paying a monthly fee seemed to wake me up to what was being taught there, the visible results of that and hence the eventual epiphany. That room within a few months saved me years of the same old and its associated losses/frustrations that kind of thinking and activity brings. Different things/activities/angles really do bring different results. Think about what you are not doing and then try that. Good luck in your quest. TS

Hello. You are in the middle zone in your trading life. A good thing. Regarding the next level up you will have to hone your method and then your belief in your method. In that order. Failing that you will need mentoring. Much like the reason a student attends a formal school environment. Yes, one can learn an entire high school curriculum one ones own but why not have some highly experienced help to guide you through the tight spots and blind sides that you are bound to encounter along the way. My trading epiphanies (2) occurred within the framework of two different trading rooms. Previous to that I was trading and learning on my own and doing what I believed was not so bad. A near IMMEDIATE difference was noted shortly after attending one of the many paid trading rooms out there. This clarity was further extended upon finding another room when the learning resources of the first room were all absorbed, digested and applied. In my opinion one usually gets what one pays for. Unless one is exceptionally intelligent and gifted. However that I am not (gifted). Bottom line, why go through the lengthy time and Hell your mentor went through when you can piggyback training wheels and all to where you want to be in your trading world? It really is worth it. In the end it's your time which is more valuable than your money. Think about this carefully. I hope this opens some major channels for you. Take care. Trade the good trade and make the day! TS.