you are fighting the massive computer systems that are designed to make you make mistakes AND are programmed to assure where a market will close. look at today's prices. they were decided before the markets opened.
You fight the best commodity minds on their own turf.
If you can make money, you are indeed a rare bird.
increasingly, i find myself watching what they are doing and then trying to anticipate the next move. i can move much faster and once they are set, i can pull the trigger and they cannot abandon the trade they have on because of its size. that way, i get to ride along.
it's ok to go against if you have reason, the large are not always right. but they are right, due to force, more often than they are wrong.
i am looking to sell hg at some point. i think the big players are getting very short to dump it. but, not yet. soon???
everything happens at a faster rate now....i plan as far ahead with a decision tree as best i can. so, i know what to do and don't get lost. any plan is better than no plan.