My major problem in trading most definitely is Poor risk management. I sometimes see myself more like a gambler then a trader. With that usually comes overtrading because i want to trade for kicks, and even losing gives me kicks. But i try to combat that by trading with at least 4h candles so the time between the swings will be longer, and i will use 1d candles too just to be sure. And naturally leveraged trading is a problem for me.
You need a trading system with rigid rules. A couple typical rules you should never break:
1. Always have a plan before entering a trade. That means a pre-determined entry, exit, and stop loss.
Never trade without a stop loss.2. Never enter a trade without sufficient reward vs. risk. A decent rule of thumb is 3:1. That means if your planned exit doesn't net 3x what your planned stop loss will lose, wait for a better trade setup.
3. Never allocate more than x% of your total capital to a single position. You shouldn't be going all in on a single trade.
And so on. Post them on your trading monitor. Read them. Live them. You'll never be a successful trader without proper risk management.