he was (by his own open admission, as you’ll know) a useless, persistently losing trader, but a great communicator who has certainly convinced a whole generation of aspiring traders whose trading doesn’t have a genuine edge that they have psychological problems (and some of them, i suppose, really do, perhaps especially after reading his books)
at least i’m not trying to conceal my bias against him 
the book i think will interest you is Profitability & Systematic Trading - all about “having a proven edge and what to do with one when you have one”
hmmm, ok, am slightly surprised, and wondering about backtesting reliability, here (but i would say that, wouldn’t i? lol) … anyway, thank you for your great tact and politeness, and i’m wishing you well, here! 
Mark Douglas was a losing trader at first but somewhere down the road he became profitable according to what he says. Couldn’t confirm this though and most definitely I wouldn’t trust my life to ANY expert,
I backtested for some years and at least four times over again. So here I am openly to find out if this works or not. Will see.
Thanks for your wishes.
Today I took a trade that gave me a TP but had no time to post it. By the time I started typing price went down 25p and decided to wait until it comes back. It never did so this TP will not be included on my journal. I am only mentioning this to demonstrate the human factor.
Yesterday’s trade came 10p away from TP and stopped me out at +100p. It then dropped well below my TP. This is a rule I might change after August.
Today I shorted us39 at 35194
SL is hit, waiting for next trade
trade buying us30 at 35445
SL -100p hit, waiting for next trade
by the wat, here are the results
SL hit. Becoming the master of SL.
buy fear not, trades will carry on
