You can’t expect the market to give you 100 pip runners on a daily basis.

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Nor can you expect the market to give you a double digit percentage. 

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Some days, the market may pull back to your breakeven point before going on to run for 100+ pips.

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Some days, you may be in a position for hours before trading volume picks back up and hits your stop loss. On other days, your price may hit your take profit within mere minutes, or even seconds.

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Some days, the market will just consolidate in a zone for hours. Whereas on the other days, price action moves with aggro day volume back-to-back-to-back.

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The point is, price is not always going to do what you want it or expect it to do. Even the most likely outcomes are still not guaranteed, despite all the factors of the ideal set-up aligning. Every single step you take, reading price action, should be based on probability.

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Do not impose your desired outcome on the market by forcing a trade — you won’t win every position you take. 

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Focus on reading the story of price action and reacting to market data as it presents new information. It’s better to not be in a position than to regret having taken one.

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