First, estimates suggest than no more than 10% of individuals who trade commodity futures win money.
Others individuals loose money because professional are better trader than them.
Professional know everything about what happen in markets, they know everything about the commodity they trade and they have generally much more experience.
But the biggest reasons that make those individuals loose are due to some common errors.
Theses errors can be summarized:
- Lure of easy money
- Lack of trading plan
- Using too much leverage
- Lack of money management plan
- Lack of discipline
There is probably some others, but I wanted to point the most know.