Not so long ago, in the comments, they raised the topic of decreasing the traded lot and the impact of this on the trading result (for those, who trades hands). In my case, reducing the traded lot by half, received a sharp decrease in account volatility. Even obviously mismatched and unsuccessful weeks can be pulled into a plus – they used to drag the depot down. Greater flexibility in position management has been added. Although the best weekly figures are also more modest. However, with time you understand, that there is no need to rush anywhere, and if I followed the course exactly, taken more than two years ago, the result was much better.
The papatrader friend wrote the true story of his formation in FR – without fail recommended for reading for all beginners and hopes for a quick get-rich: