Depends on your priorities, your goals, your skills and the time you have available
1) My priorities are always family first, my motivation after that is to create a sustainable business model
my skillset is that I am institutionally trained to trade a variety of asset classes including Options. So quite a
bit of freedom to choose. You will need to make a similar assessment and factor in quality of life. Most of our
decisions require a tradeoff or compromise. This is all quite simple really. Do the math and decide where you
are willing to give a little and assess what (potentially) you might get back in return. At the end of it all, ask
yourself how realistic is your plan? How likely is it that you will reach your goals?
2) I have been training a person for a short while who also has another profession. She is very intelligent, motivated,
and has significant skills that she can call on, so she is not "starting from scratch". Based on what I know of her
abilities, I suggested a shortlist of specific time periods shown to be profitable. This approach has dual benefits,
in that it allows the trader to use their time efficiently, and it also helps them to limit risk of loss.
3) By he way, skilled traders who specialize in the S&P Futures, usually restrict their participation, to specific
days of the week, and specific hours of the day. We all know what the most profitable hours are for each session.
Good luck