Commentary about trading vs. gambling
If you have not been executing consistently and with profit the almost identical trading rules for the last two to three years, then do not consider yourself a trader. You are a gambler.
Only when you through trial and error and lots of work and cuts and scrapes settle on trading rules and practices subjected to many trades (N=lots of trades) are you a trader. Otherwise, you are gambler.
Only when you have a firm handle on the comprehensive metrics of a trading approach with ACTUAL capital in actual markets (NOT SIM) and consistent trading outcomes should you consider yourself to be a trader. Otherwise, you are simply a rookie gambler.
Traders have a settled routine with settled practices. Traders judge and analyze their performance over many trades and appraise their approach based on the edge gained through process, not individual trades. If this is not you, then you are a gambler, not a trader. 
This may seem judgemental and mean spirited. But the markets are not kind and gentle pet animals. The markets are beasts. And beasts love to feast on gamblers.
When can you call yourself a trader? Well, try this set of criteria on for size:
1. You've developed through trial and error a set of practices and/or rules that have been consistently employed for three years without switching to other techniques at the first sign of trouble.
2. You've been net profitable in the past three years and profitable or in at least two of these years.
3. Your Profit Factor is at least 2.0 - if you do not know your Profit Factor, then you are a gambler.
These are just for starters.