Need a genuine advice
People, I really need your advice.
I’ve been trading for almost 5 years now, mostly in F&O. During these years I tried learning everything possible about the market. Price action, indicators, option chain, news, global events, market psychology, institutions moving markets, almost everything. I lost around 2 lakhs while learning all this. Curiosity kept pushing me deeper into trading and honestly I thought one day all this knowledge would finally make me consistently profitable.
But the truth is, I’m still struggling.
Some days I make really good profits, some days I lose badly. I track every data point, follow news, watch market reactions and take positions carefully. Still I end up getting trapped in trades. I keep holding losses hoping the market will come back and many times it doesn’t.
Now comes the funny part.
My wife started trading around 6 months ago. I helped her open a demat account and she got excited seeing money come so quickly from the market. The crazy thing is she literally knows almost nothing about trading. She only knows Call and Put. No analysis, no indicators, no news reading, no YouTube learning sessions. She just watches random trading reels where people post screenshots and profits.
But somehow she keeps making money more consistently than me 😂
She sees green candles and buys. If market is weak she follows the trend. If she gets profit she closes immediately and doesn’t even open the app again for the day.
Meanwhile I sit there analyzing everything, overthinking every move, holding positions emotionally and getting stuck.
At first I kept laughing at her saying this is just beginner’s luck and she has no real knowledge. But last week she asked me to teach her “real trading” properly. She wants to learn indicators, levels, market structure and all the technical stuff.
And honestly that question messed with my head.
How is someone who knows almost nothing making money while someone who spent years learning everything still struggles?
Should I actually teach her all these complicated things? Or should I just let her continue the way she is right now, simple and confusion free?
Part of me genuinely feels that learning too much made me overcomplicate trading. I’m scared that if I teach her everything, she might also become like me. Overthinking, hesitating, holding losers and losing confidence.
Sorry for the long one 😄