When it comes to trading, this is exactly why you cannot expect any particular outcome on any particular trade, because if you do, you are going to jump-start an emotional storm of negative feelings that cause you to commit account destroying trading mistakes if the outcome you expected on a trade isn’t the outcome you got. Now, here’s the key to making these two beliefs connect; the way you make money from a seemingly random outcome on each trade is by executing your trading strategy or edge consistently over a large enough sample size or series of trades.