Beg of April i started doing really good and climbed out of $600 hole and was in green. Then I stopped trading for like 2.5 weeks and was just focusing on studying as I had to write my finals. This summer i decided to trade full time and coming back this past Monday my whole trading psychology has been off and I've been..

A) over-trading (My thought process - full time trader = More trades during the day)

B) Not planning proper trades (Just jumping the gun without any solid plan or goal. I see something moving and I am like yup that's it)

C) Losing money (Back in a hole $100 - not counting commissions - and this is because of two mistakes above)

Basically I understand why 90% of the traders lose money is because they do exactly what i have been doing for past 3 days. I do not plan on being in the 90% and in order to get out of my 'losing streak' or to be blunt my "incompetent to control my emotions" I just need to get back to the basics. Look for big % winners, focus on the catalyst and trade them when solid opportunity is presented.

I need to stop assuming that i know the unknown and the stock MUST go up because of this or that. Just need to really zone in again on 1-3 top stocks and focus on them. And if nothing works out according to the plan Just stay cash and spend more time on research and/or learning something new. If i take speculative positions which sometimes you have to i should keep my risk and position very very small. Just because I am trading 'full-time' i can't pretend I am pro and know what I am doing.

I am sure a lot of other traders might be going or have gone through this. Leave a comment if this helps you understand what you might be doing wrong or any tips you wanna leave so perhaps I can do better. Thanks