How do you deal with it.
Sent me mad at times and had to go back to work a few times now.
Even found that driving the car was a problem, so many people and cars when I did go out.
Need one of those jobs where you work 2 weeks on and have 2 weeks off.
Then after going back to work for 12 months want to work from home again.
Hey Oscar, I would have missed this thread, but glad it has been bumped. I know it's fairly old, but still a very good point you made. I couldn't imagine trading from home 8am-4.30pm these days, but I used to so I know exactly what you mean re driving the car
Previously when my head was buried too far in this game, spending too much time at the screens, I'd go out & think "where have all these people come from, get outta my way ?"
I do my normal work as a freelancer for approx 6 to 8 months of the year & the hours I do when on the trading side has been reduced quite alot, this year I plan to do just the afternoon 1/1.30pm-4pm (2.5-3 hours max, profit or loss) this means I do not even think about trading when not in it, apart from the odd t2w post, I could'n't care less what the markets do outside my time.
The platform does not go on until I'm ready to view the situation in the markets. It is going to mean I miss the morning madness & potential points on offer (or not, I got kicked about yesterday morning), but it's all about trading in a way that suits me, I'm not an early morning person.
So the plan is : morning & up to 1pm'ish is spent doing other things, which take me away from the screens, house etc. Even if I'm not out of the house I'm talking to people, texting, doing other constructive things etc.
1pm-4pm try not to get too bitch slapped by the markets & hope the morning hasn't produced too much of a grinding consol-period.
Then at 4pm the platform goes back off if I do not have an open position. I do not even watch the close any more.
I've said a few times this game is vacuous if we allow it to be.
A curious thing happened to me while going through the early learning process, I realised that my current work situation was actually something I hadn't fully appreciated for a long time, I'd become blase to just how lucky I was, not just money wise, but more so the year on year feeling of freedom, very important to me.
This game seems to attract people for the obvious reasons, but it's funny how it's unearthed some other anomaly's within me.
Great taste in music you have by the way mate.
Ps Money is just one currency.
