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Keep in mind that I have been trading for 2.5 years - so I've gone through SIM trading, I've traded every dang strategy out there, I've been with BBT for a little over 1.5 years now and have seen almost every webinar and education video, I did the PCT bootcamp...I've worked through a lot of wins and losses to find out what works for me and what doesn't (and I still screw up and take bad trades even when I know they're bad trades!) This morning on AAPL I did a quick scalp on the 1-min ORB based on price action and what I saw on the L2 before the bell (with VWAP as my stop). Then I shorted it at HOD (stop loss a few cents above HOD) at 9:49 because of the wick pushing price action down. Then I shorted it at 10:03 (stop loss a few cents above HOD) for a double top. Keep in mind - I take my profits quick because although some trades do run - most of them don't seem to for me (and I don't have the patience to wait them out)! Double tops are by far my most profitable trades....unfortunately I don't have the self-control to wait for them to form most of the time. I heard it so many time over the years...."You'll eventually find what you like to trade" and I spent a lot of time thinking I found it. You need to play around with a lot of strategies and find out what works for your brain. I.E. - ABCD's don't work for my brain at all. I'm best when I trade for the first 30-45 minutes and walk away. No matter if I'm up or down after that time - 95% of the time if I keep trading, I'm gonna make myself red or redder for the day. If I hit my max daily stop in the first 5 minutes, I'm pissed because I lost money and I wasn't patient and now I can't trade more for the day. So that helps me chill out and wait for trades that make sense to me. And although I wanted to be one of those people who has 10 different stocks up on my screen - I found that just makes me frantic and I miss every trade trying to catch every trade. One of the BBT videos was someone saying they only trade one stock every day (I think it was TSLA) and I decided to try that and it works much better for ME. Maybe I can work up to more, but for right now this is what works for me

@Destiny I have done DNA and almost done working through Winning Trader. Their education is higher quality than the majority out there and I personally recommend them. Between SMB and BBT, you will see a return on your investment in your trading education if you put in the work and are disciplined with your trading. It has definitely made a difference for me to think and trade more like a professional. When I have adequate sleep, my day job isn't overwhelming/busy as heck, and I have time to implement a trading plan the night before and apply everything on the open, it makes a big difference in my trading performance.