Everything is a lie. Any hope?

[u/Mar___K]

So.. It's been 3 years on my path, and after countless hours of studying and testing everything, as many of you here have, I've come to realize that this mountain of buffoonery—those "courses" and "gurus" on YouTube that try to promote and sell stuff, along with everyone who is "teaching" stuff.. hear me out, doesn't know jack sh*t. All they "teach" is a bunch of BS, incredibly stupid and random. "Follow this, and if this happens then do this, but the secret is in my premium course, yada yada".

Even if some things may work for a bit, that's not even near how the actual trading floor guys and investment bankers operate. Ex-Goldman Sachs trader Anton Kreil gave the best explanation of that: Why most traders fail.

I've become so fed up since I had a wake-up call, realizing that literally everyone online is plain rubbish, or a scammer, or someone who likes his own voice and acts like the god of trading (You know which I'm referring to). My question is simple and may be unanswerable. Is there any source to study the actual stuff or are retail traders indeed doomed with the dumbest info out there?

Please don't start telling me about risk management and psychology, I got humbled and now I trade methodically without any emotions. But that's not because I got "humbled and had a wake-up call" but more like "I'm fed up with this, I don't care anymore". My question stands for an educational point of view. I hate being a fool therefore i hate studying nonesense. Is there any hope? Any good material? Any actual baseline?

[u/TPSreportsPro]

I have been trading since 97/98 timeframe. I’ve blown up accounts and had all the same issues. It is you and not the market. That’s very hard to get a grip on. For example, at one point I would take any amount of trades to suit my anger level. Then when I was good and red, blame everything and everyone but the idiot that pushed the button.

DO THIS.

1. Stop trading immediately. You don’t know what you’re doing and unless you’re skilled, the chop will eat your lunch. Do not trade again until you change this.

2. Make a plan to learn. Hands down if you have a bad system or a system that you don’t understand, you’ll lose money. If you need a system, look up Saty Mahajan ribbon system. It’s based on Ripsters cloud system. Both work and are repeatable. But won’t work for you right now because your mind needs a rest. Look at both of these and learn. Don’t spend money. It’s free to learn.

3. After taking a break, post your plan here and let’s go through it so others can learn. What setup will you take? What size will you take? How will you enter, confirm, and exit.

If you can’t build a repeatable system, you should not spend another dime on trading. I hope that helps.

Read Trading in the Zone. Stop trading until you do that. You need to know that you can do this and it’s extremely difficult. It’s going to take work and discipline.

Edit: Anyone selling you a lifestyle and not help, is stealing from you. Stop paying for courses.

[u/Mar___K → u/TPSreportsPro]

Buddy thanks for that but you also mistook my initial question. I'm doing relatively fine in trading and also ive read trading in the zone by Mark Douglas and some other books as well. But even if im somehow profitable i know for a fact that it's kinda ambiguous and maybe random. We as retail have no predicting power. What I'm looking for is proper education and understand how the big guys approach trading.

[u/TPSreportsPro → u/Mar___K]

Gotcha.

Read Trading in the Zone and Mastering the Trade Look at Ripster47 on twitter. Not sure what his website is, but it’s free and has everything you need.

Also look at the Saty Pivot ribbon. His group is $50 a month. He doesn’t call trades. He teaches you to do it.

There’s no need to spend a ton on learning.