Mistake

 Programming my way to millions!

A big mistake that I made over the last 10 years - was only looking at the charts or only blindly taking trades based on some programmed signals based on a strategy.

Once I started looking at the big picture, my trades became more profitable. 

It's very hard to program consolidation points, actual support resistance lines, divergence, and pivot Points where an equity would reverse. You have to analyze this for yourself. Once you consider these factors your profits will increase.

For my first ten years of trading, I spent a lot of time just programming a BOT to “make me a million dollars”. BTW - I am a programmer by trade.  They always worked for a little while, then they broke down. I realize now that you can use these tools to help you understand the market but you have to understand what is your trading, how you are going to  trade it, and what your entries and exits are. Those are different for any two stocks.

You can’t program your way to millions. Having a reason to enter a trade and fully understanding what you are trading will definitely improve your bottom line.