albus,
You need confirmation from many to leap in.
Thats crowd behaviour. Be a step ahead of crowd to make money in this business. As far as profits are concerned, the sky is the limit once you cross the threshold.
Trading is a combination of profits and losses. Your success is really dependent on "How much you make when you are right and how much you loose when you are wrong".
Why most loose is because they see trading as a gambling to make quick bucks. The success rate in traders who see it as a business is more!!!