Look for reasonable profits. If you can't make money trading the leading issues, you aren't going to make it trading the overall markets. Leaders of today may not be the leaders of tomorrow. Trade the active stocks and futures. Avoid discretionary accounts and partnership trading accounts.
Bear markets have no supports and bull markets have no resistance.
The smarter you are, the longer it takes. It is harder to get out of a trade than to get into one. Don't talk about what you are doing in the markets. When time is up, markets must reverse. Control what you can, manage what you cannot.