The hardest thing about being a successful trader has nothing to do with technical analysis or developing a strategy. You need to put Manny hours into working on those things, but they alone won't make you successful.

The diversity of trading styles employed by successful traders is virtually endless, but they all have one thing in common: they know how to be good quitters.

Most of us are taught perseverance. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Long term, this is the correct mindset to have towards trading, but intraday this mindset leads to blown accounts.

Once you find a trading style that suits your personality, the next and most important step is to learn how to quickly recognize when the market conditions don't match that trading style and STOP. Close your platform, go enjoy your day, and come back to see what tomorrow offers.

Be a good quitter.