Keep It Simple. BUT Not Too Simple.

While I certainly don't mean to imply that in order to be a successful trader you need an elaborate system and strategy filled with all sorts of complicated requirements; however, at the same time, finding success in the markets is not quite as some newer traders perceive it to be. Sure, the core goal needs to be to find success in the most efficient and simple way possible, but that also offers the catch-22 of viewing something too simplistically and then watching your hard earned money disappear as you are taught the expensive lesson, "it's not "that" simple". Thanks to a YouTube comment, I have a perfect example of this.