What Full Time Trading Robs You Of
It’s 4 in the morning.
You just woke up to use the bathroom.
You now sit on the toilet to take a piss because you don’t want to turn on the lights, and so you can check your phone.
You open thinkorswim to check your overnight positions.
They are moving around a bit.
You check discord for no good reason.
You check your email.
Now you are on Twitter.
Back to thinkorswim for one less check - everything seems mostly fine.
Now you are back in bed - laying down with your eyes closed trying to fall back asleep.
But, your brain won’t let you sleep.
You are itching to open thinkorswim just one more time to check your overnights.
2 more times.
3 more times.
F*ck, I can’t sleep now!
You get up, head to your computer and login to everything.
Your sleep is ruined.
You maybe do something you shouldn’t.
And there you go.
You just crushed your sleep, and your day ahead.
That is the life of a full time trader.
It wears on you.
It wore on me.