if my confidence is down and I'm not making the right trades or...

if my confidence is down and I'm not making the right trades or some losing trades
you must ask the question why?
- am I trading emotionally? perhaps with money I can not afford to lose
- am I chasing quick money taking unnecessary high trade risks?
- am I trading to often and trying to make things happen without proper DD on said stocks
- am I putting in the value needed first by researching into stocks before buying in
and do I have a excellent understanding of the company's fundamentals or just a brief overview?
- I'm I trading based purely on TA and not FA or vice versa
- maybe go over the stocks that went up 50 to 100% in the last 3 months and try to look for a common theme,
were they low MC stocks before there run?
are most in the same sector?
was there a catalyst that made them run or a build up in SP leading to the catalyst?
did they have strong fundamentals in place?
were the stocks in uptrend or down trend before their run up?

I don't believe in luck in picking stocks, I think the more value you can put in ( research etc)
the greater the return from your stocks you will receive, patience of course is needed

I enjoy playing poker as its a skill game much like the stock market is
great players only play about 20% of hands they are dealt and throw away the rest, need a great deal of patience to pick the right spot to maximise value.

pick less stocks and maximise the value in them.