questions for Seasoned traders
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:41 am
I am a struggling new trader... five months into reading books, on trading, options, mindsets, technical?s, fundaments, trading platforms, trading information resources, blogs, news, Securities, options, Forex (have not gone to commodities yet), paper trading... Have anybody been where I am???
I am taking this year (and WHAT A YEAR) to define my trading style. This post is to the seasoned traders...
I know there are all walks of life as traders. I currently work four 10hour day
(7:30am-6:00pm) sat,mon,tues,wed my work allows be to have a laptop on my desk with online access.
Please explain what is important to you being a successful trader along with how your day works from when you wake-up to when you go to sleep.
Along with your comments from above i have following questions that comes to my naive and novice mind? just cut and paste put your answer below the question:
How long have you been trading
Do you have a job?
Do you have a family? just married, kids? words of wisdom regarding family and trading
What you trade: securities, options, forex
Type of trader: day, swing, position
When and how much research is done daily
Also if possible... what are your most important tools and how you use them in your day?
Trading platforms,
News services
Scanners
Auto strategy systems
books on how to manager a trade's day
Others that I do not know about
Thank you for your time. My hope, my prayer, my goal is not to be someone who is staring at charts all day, listening to the ?talking heads?, or reading the endless information that is now surrounding us? unless that is what it takes.
I am respectfully,
Dean
I am taking this year (and WHAT A YEAR) to define my trading style. This post is to the seasoned traders...
I know there are all walks of life as traders. I currently work four 10hour day
(7:30am-6:00pm) sat,mon,tues,wed my work allows be to have a laptop on my desk with online access.
Please explain what is important to you being a successful trader along with how your day works from when you wake-up to when you go to sleep.
Along with your comments from above i have following questions that comes to my naive and novice mind? just cut and paste put your answer below the question:
How long have you been trading
Do you have a job?
Do you have a family? just married, kids? words of wisdom regarding family and trading
What you trade: securities, options, forex
Type of trader: day, swing, position
When and how much research is done daily
Also if possible... what are your most important tools and how you use them in your day?
Trading platforms,
News services
Scanners
Auto strategy systems
books on how to manager a trade's day
Others that I do not know about
Thank you for your time. My hope, my prayer, my goal is not to be someone who is staring at charts all day, listening to the ?talking heads?, or reading the endless information that is now surrounding us? unless that is what it takes.
I am respectfully,
Dean