That time I blew up my demo account 4 times before realizing I was reading the charts backwards

I spent two whole months trading on a demo account with this broker I found through a random forum. Lost four separate $50k demo balances and was convinced the markets were just rigged against me. Then one night around 2am I caught myself looking at a candlestick chart upside down because I had my monitor flipped vertical for coding earlier. I had been interpreting every single red candle as bullish and green as bearish for 60 days. The worst part is I told three friends I was learning to trade and now they think I'm some kind of financial prodigy? Has anyone else had a brain fart that made them question their entire trading career?

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evan_harris142d ago

4 demo accounts before you realized the monitor was sideways.

jennifer_west2d ago

Took me three tries to figure out why my cursor was floating off the screen. Felt real dumb when I finally tilted my head.