What has happened here is what happens to a lot of traders, they make money trading a certain way during a certain market phase, however when the market changes and they're still trading the same strategy unsuccessfully they can't understand it. This is even more difficult to accept and remedy for traders who have been unsuccessful for a period of time and then hit a good run during this market phase as they believe they have cracked it, and think what made them money before should make them money again.
He's in too deep and needs to get out for a few months minimum. All this bad luck talk is just another way of not accepting responsibility. However probably the most destructive thought pattern he has is how he always should've made more cash no matter what he earnt. Never bemoan a profit spanish! If you do, you are destined to be eternally unsatisfied in your trading performance which is only detrimental to your state of mind and consequently your results, as you've found out.
He's in too deep and needs to get out for a few months minimum. All this bad luck talk is just another way of not accepting responsibility. However probably the most destructive thought pattern he has is how he always should've made more cash no matter what he earnt. Never bemoan a profit spanish! If you do, you are destined to be eternally unsatisfied in your trading performance which is only detrimental to your state of mind and consequently your results, as you've found out.