Expectations vs. Reality in Trading
When I first started trading, one of the biggest mistakes I made was assuming that most of what I expected or analyzed would actually happen.
Over time, I realized that the trading world doesn't work like that at all. You will always have expectations and technical analysis for the charts, but only about 10–15% of those scenarios actually play out the way you envisioned. And out of that 10–15%, you only hit your full profit target maybe 30–40% of the time. The rest usually ends up as small gains, breakeven (BE) trades, or stop losses.
This is precisely why most people treat trading like gambling and fail to build a consistent income.
When several trades in a row hit stop-loss or breakeven, frustration sets in, the plan gets thrown out the window, and people start taking random trades with zero risk management.
Once you truly internalize this mindset and get the logic straight in your head, staying consistently profitable actually becomes much easier.
