I have gone through as many books (5-6) as I could in the past couple of weeks. Tried to grasp and understand as much as I can about the trend, support and resistance, price patterns, moving averages, oscillators, momentum indicators, formations like double top, head and shoulder etc, scaling of charts (logarithmic and linear), candle sticks patterns, importance of volume, fibonacci etc. etc. etc.
You have to understnd one thing very clearly crown, before taking any deicision in trading. -
"TRADING IS NOT ABOUT READING WHOLE LOT OF BOOKS, LEARNING INDICATORS, PATTERNS ETC". If that is possible then just check and google on Trading and see how much material and books do you get. Why isnt everyone profitable then? Why is it then we still practically believe that market has 90 percent of losers and 10 percent of winners?
Somethings take time to grasp, and market is one of them. You will face ups and down, will want to quit out of losses, and face very difficult and frustrating moments. And with every moment you will understand where you did wrong. And you will explore more about your mistakes.
IMO rather then studying and reading so much, try to understand one thing at the time. If you want to learn patterns, then learn patterns only for the start. See the pattern formation, see the neckline breaks and compare the volume actions at the key points. If you want to do it options+options or futures+futures then concentrate on that only. If you want to go with indicators, then choose one which you understand.
Reading hell lot of books and material will confuse you at the moment. I dont say that it wont help you. It definitely will. But not at the moment. You will read it today and will get confused. Some day you will gain understanding in market over time and you will just look into the past to acknowledge that what you read was totally right, but you couldnt just apply it. Problem is that when we are new to market, we read alot of thing, grasp so much rules, but our mind is not adaptable to apply that much rules at a single chart. We miss some rules, cause we are not adapted to the system. This thing gets developed over time. So chill.
As an initial advice. Never forget to place stoploss. That will help you stay longer in market. And dont give up.
Hope it helps.
take care