Why did nobody tell me that trading less makes more money? Genuinely feel stupid for how long this took.
Serious question before I explain, go pull your own trade count vs your P&L for your last two months. I dare you.
Because I finally did, and it broke my brain a little. My worst month I took 58 trades and made 1.9k. My best month I took 26 trades and made 4.7k. Less than half the trades, more than double the money. Same strategy, same account.
For the longest time I thought the answer to a bad week was to trade more, work harder, be in front of the screen longer. It was the exact opposite. The extra 30-something trades werent setups, they were me being bored and needing action. Every one of them was bleeding the good weeks dry and I couldnt see it because I only ever looked at profit, never at how many times I clicked to get there.
The fix was almost insultingly simple. I capped myself at 3 trades a day. Green days got bigger, not smaller.
So now Im genuinely asking, is this everyone, or was I just uniquely bad at leaving the mouse alone?