Have a consistent executable plan. Learn and develop chart reading skills. Learn how to identify up trends and down trends, both can make money. Avoid ranging markets, up one day down the next. Have a clear entry point, stop loss, and target before entering a trade with at least a 2 to 1 ratio for target gain vs loss. Remember there will be small up and downs in a trend, don't sell a position as a knee jerk reaction to a minor move, chart reading skills will help here. even if you only have 50 % winning trades this strategy will make profits and take emotions out of the equation.