Howdy all,
I know I've not posted much here for a while but been on holiday and doing some 'trading soul searching'....
Coming over to NZ has put a lot of things in perspective and made me think and decide what I really want from trading and where my life should be heading. I've put in some long old hours over the last 18 months and whilst its been worth it financially and educationally, I have come to the conclusion that I no longer want to spend most of my hours in a day in front of a screen.
Whilst I can happily trade price and make a living, the hours and the stress don't make an equilibrium. The HMA X strat I have running does the job. I'm aware its 'weak hands' and lagging and I really don't care. It captures 80% of moves, I make more than I lose and I put food on the table and a parachute over my head when need be. It means I no longer have to think, analyse, read, study or care whether Bernanke puts rates up or down as it will capture the best of any move regardless.
Anyhow, my point being, I have a couple of strats now running on different markets and I value my free time more than my screen time now, so I am hitting semi retirement (at 31, woohoo) and accepting my lot as a weak hand and placing value of life with a good income over skill and ego at picking the best price in the market.
Why tell you all this? Well, just that if you have a strat that works, it makes more than it loses, and keeps a roof over your families head, sometimes its better to accept it and be happy than spend more time trying to be the dogs proverbial...... Besides, posting on a forum is cheaper than a therapist!
In closing, thank you to everyone who has helped along the way, provided light entertainment en route and helped me forge my way to the trader I am now.
I am going to sort my API's and go fishing instead, I'm earning a very comfortable living so now going to enjoy it................
Cheers again to all and good trading to everyone and if anything in my departure, I'd say, get a plan, trade that plan, be happy with a liveable income and enjoy, I know I'm going to......
adios one and all........
Christian