The trading is like a zero sum game. If you win someone else will lose and vice versa. This is the first thing you have to understand about the financial markets. If you don't, you have good chances to join the group of the 90% unsuccessful traders. However, you don't have to give up, because trading is like any other business. The good news is that you can make nice income working from home just a few hours a day. Also you are your own boss. The other important aspect of the trading is that it is not an art gallery, which means that the technical analysis is not all you need to know. You must learn how the markets operate, which the main players are and what they exactly do. Also you have to learn what market conditions you can trade and which financial instruments you should use. To tell a long story short, trading is a business and you have to treat it like that. And if you want to succeed, don't invent the wheel. Just follow the SMART money (aka the Big Money).