People that trade for a living are under pressure all the time. A few bad trades might just keep you from paying your bills. But a few good trades might buy you that BMW you've been eyeing the last couple weeks. The main thing is being consistent, but being consistent is sometimes very inconsistent. Becoming consistent is a up hill battle that at first my be hard and sometimes frustrating, but it is something that all consistent successful traders have been through. Now a question that I have asked myself many times is "How can I become more consistent"? One thing that I did to become more consistent is lower my lot size. If you can not trade a 1 lot successfully what makes you think you will be able to trade a 10 lot. Start small and work your way up, another is trade the same underlying or index every month. By trading the same thing over and over again you will learn how it moves, how it acts and how it reacts. The reason I am talking about this is because I have a trade idea that involves one of the only underlyings that I trade the $RUT, and with a lot size that fits my management style. Over the next few years I will add to my lot size but for now this is good. With this strategy I am at a higher lot size then I was two months ago, this is good it is showing my consistency. But with other strategies like credit spreads or debit spread my lot size is much higher, like 130 times more.
Iron Butterfly on RUT

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