For many traders who struggle to make money, the missing piece is discipline. You need a process you can repeat over and over. And you need to accept that following it won’t produce a profit every day. Even successful trading is a series of ups and downs, with a positive drift over time. This is my long/short intraday breakout strategy, buying calls and puts. It loses more often than it wins, but the overall results have been good. My responsibility is to make sure the strategy trades every day - and accept the ups and downs that come with the process.