Trading is not about charts, candles, lines, and drawing tools. Or at least, it's not just about that. Many people know technical analysis. What separates a successful trader is personality. It is someone who has managed to overcome, completely or almost completely, most of the fears, weaknesses, and mental patterns that come with being human. That is much more difficult than learning technical analysis. It really cannot be explained, and it cannot be understood from the outside. It has to be experienced. You go from having nothing to having everything, and then back again, many times, until both extremes lose their meaning and turn into dust. Many traders are deeply emotional by nature, but learn to become remarkably calm and detached. For them, rigid beliefs, assumptions, and personal convictions carry little weight. That is the price they pay to avoid suffering too much when they lose, and to avoid becoming excessively euphoric when they win. Over time, it becomes a psychological defense mechanism, almost like a conditioned reflex.