As long as trading is concern, it's very essential you have a guideline rules you follow while trading, and one of those rules is not trading when not sure of the market.
As simple as it may sound, it's very difficult to abide by it.
A good and Skill trader must know that in other to stay long and profitable in the market,
it very important we know when to stay off the market,
there are always opportunities in the market,
so why risk your capital
when you are not sure
of your analysis or the market is in an awkward situation like consolidation from the 4hrs timeframe? When there is no clear direction and confirmation of the next move the market is trying to take.
The best we can do is to stay off, the most important thing is for us to be profitable, even if we have to trade once in a week , it's better than losing, it's better that our account is intact than blowing it.
Staying off is the best we can do, when not sure.
A good trader should have so much experience in his trading that he can easily determine when to enter the market and when to backup himself. He should have that much experience; otherwise, we can't tell him he's a good trader. Almost those traders who give time to analytics and their way of getting analysis is good have more chances of getting more benefits.
Also, we have to look at the trader's portfolio; if he has more, he has more chances of getting a good benefit, and if he has less then it should affect the trading of the individual.