Trade the Strongest trend in the market
Trading is hard. It takes time to learn, even if you spend years to learn how to trade well, you might not be a good trader. There can be many reasons why you dont trade well. But one thing for sure is picking the right currency pair to trade, you tilt the probability of success in your favour.

For trend trading, one lesson to learn is to pick the strong currency pair in the market. When you look through charts of various currency pairs, it is easy to identify which is the strongest pair. After you have identified the strongest pair, use your approach to find trading setups in the direction of the trend. By doing so, you have a better chance of winning and chasing more pips.
For trend traders, if you cannot win by trading the strongest trend, i highly doubt that you can win the market by trading weak trends.