As long as you don't chase highs when trading, you'll outperform 50% of people.

By only trading in one-sided trends, you'll surpass 70% of traders.
Waiting patiently for a pullback before entering the market puts you ahead of 90% of traders.
Controlling your position size and setting proper stop-losses will help you join the top 2% of winners.
The difficult part is never the market itself, but whether you can consistently do these four simple things for ten years.