I lost $250 while trading forex on my first investment, but I still love forex. I know I will make money with this business but I need to learn hard and work smart. Every human being make mistakes, but it can be justified with stop loss. If you have the best strategy in the world but you are not disciplined, you will blame the strategy, and keeps changing strategy, which will led to defeat, loss. A trader's destruction is his own mistakes. Treat forex as your business.