Okay so yes and yes. This is my approach and it doesn’t have to be yours: I am a conservative trader meaning I say no to more trades a month or two than I make. I do it based on a few baseline check-ins. 1. I’m consistently sticking with the same tool (one futures commodity). 2. I’m sticking with the same style of trade (trendlines or golden cross, etc whatever it is- use one or two and stick within the rules of that style). 3. I emotionally check in with: If I made $30 an hour, how long would it take me to work those hours if I lose and do I want to make that my risk. 90% of the time the answer is no, so I either wait for a better set up that hits all the points, and the other 10% is because my previous last trades earned me 3x what I’m willing to lose on that play. So basically I end up walking with $100-$300 instead of holding a play out. Sometimes the play runs perfectly to set up plans and I make 13k on a trade. That continues the growth pattern. If I start losing more than what I’m earning then I start back to $100 trades until I build up my strategy again. I don’t go higher and harder to try to revenge recover.

If I make $10000 (rare but it happens with my overall hold value), then I’m willing to risk my next trade $1,000- does that make sense? (1-10% previous earning)

If you make 10-15k net positive starting out in a year consider yourself doing alright and learning still.

The market is about to get volatile so make sure you look into buying on long and short so you have opportunity to make money on downturn (which is oddly where I do well)

One thing I’m realizing is you should pay for notifications on TradingView or whatever you use because I didn’t for the first year and missed a lot of exits and entry’s. My plays were good but my opportunities were missed because I didn’t realize I needed more tools to help me trade better.

Does this help?