Trading is very much profiting, but it needs time to read, learn, and practice. In trading there are lots of things that as a new trader, you must be aware of, some of which includes; understanding how to read market candles, analyze the market, knowing how to follow-up trends, when to enter and exit trades, how to protect your profit and manage your loses etc. These are the ones that relates to reading and personal research, through books online articles etc.
When it comes to you as a person, there comes in Discipline Yes. It could sound as simple and easy as it could be, but very important as a trader. In the market, that's where greed will come in, and this causes serious disaster when it is not controlled. Having a set price target to take out from the market and maintaining that price, will save a lot of horrors.
As the market is filled with lots of profits, so are there loses, when proper caution is not taken. As one can make up to $1,000 in a single trade, so can all capital be forfeited. Profits are attainable in the market, so should you also prepare for loses. I guess that's what makes the balance.