The goal of a successful trader is to make the best trades. Money is secondary.
Beginners focus on analysis, but professionals operate in a three dimensional space. They are aware of trading psychology, their own feelings, and the mass psychology of the markets.
Amateurs look for challenges; professionals look for easy trades. Losers get high from the action; the pros look for the best odds.
The market does not know you exist. You can do nothing to influence it. You can only control your behavior.
To be a good trader, you need to trade with your eyes open, recognize real trends and turns, and not waste time or energy on regrets and wishful thinking.
When a beginner wins, he feels brilliant and invincible. Then, he takes wild risk and loses everything.
Many traders ride an emotional roller coaster and miss the essential element of winning: the management of their emotions.