Learning to day trade and then achieving a consistently high level of profitability in this business can be a curious thing. When observing full time day traders the trading process often seems very simple, even nearly effortless, with minimal emotion getting in the way of decision-making. However, for the novice trader learning to day trade is rarely an easy and straight-forward endeavour and is often a rather emotional undertaking at times.
The interesting thing is that the novice's perspective of what the professional trader is doing isn't incorrect. Trading well should be a simple exercise, though not necessarily easy.