What do you do when you go on holiday?

[montmorencyt2w]

Does anyone ever leave trades active when they go on holiday, or does everyone close everything down and relax?

Either way, how many people go out of their way to make sure they have a way of keeping in touch with their favourite markets when they go away (on holiday, not on business)?
.... (I'm trying to restrain myself from adding "....you sad so-and so's", but of course, it might well apply to me as well ).

 

[porph]

I was going to say get my end away..

Trading on holiday is for saddos. You trade to make the money to pay for the holidays.

 

[Trading2k]

I went on holidays recently and decided to relax and tune out. The day before I left however FTSE rallied and I sold the rally. I didn't check it for a few days but when my girlfriend was checking her email I logged in and whoooo! holiday paid for. Yeah that was a sweet surprise and I closed the position right away and celebrated. I didnt look at it again for another two weeks and enjoyed spending the money.

 

[montmorencyt2w]

Yes, that's the kind of thing I had in mind I suppose. Or say you have a position that's already well in profit, and you adjust your stops to guarantee most of it, but leaving plenty of wiggle room for it to run if it wants to.

Wouldn't you be tempted to leave it going and "pay for the holiday", as it were?
And if you did that, wouldn't it drive you nuts if you didn't know which way it was going while you were away....? :cheesy:

 

[new_trader]

I was going to say get my end away..

Trading on holiday is for saddos. You trade to make the money to pay for the holidays.

I agree. I generally close all positions within the same trading session that I open them. But if in the most unlikely event I had a position open before going on a holiday I would most likely close it or put on a trailing stop, set and forget. IMO: There is something seriously wrong with the way you trade if you are afraid of missing a 'big' move whilst you are on holidays, but I get the impression it’s only amateurs who think this will happen. You are trading for freedom not slavery.

 

[rathcoole_exile]

Does anyone ever leave trades active when they go on holiday,

WTF is a holiday ?????

 

[options]

WTF is a holiday ?????

If pushed, I trade 4 hours for the uk morning session then take the rest of the day off.

Hate it though. History hasn't changed in a year since I been about.

Why do you want to see the same old relics in ANY part of the world.

History IS important. But you do not have to be there!

 

[Alpha Dawg]

yo this guy has gota b jokin? no? what kinda question is dat?

its a fkin holiday boi, you go and chill out. trading when on holiday...baha..**** that for a lauf

 

[simcom]

Time to relax for me. Although I'll pack a couple of trading books to re-read or try and learn something new from!

 

[new_trader]

WTF is a holiday ?????

It's when you are on your Li-Lo sipping a Piña colada whilst trading with your laptop, but in a different pool.

 

[Gumping]

It's when you are on your Li-Lo sipping a Piña colada whilst trading with your laptop, but in a different pool.

And 'spending more time with your family'...

 

[Alpha Dawg]

It's when you are on your Li-Lo sipping a Piña colada whilst trading with your laptop, but in a different pool.

nah nah cut the ''trading with your laptop'' out n replace it wid ''ridin da honies''

 

[montmorencyt2w]

yo this guy has gota b jokin? no? what kinda question is dat?

its a fkin holiday boi, you go and chill out. trading when on holiday...baha..**** that for a lauf

That of course, is the "correct" answer, Alpha Dawg, but what I wanted to find out was, whether, for folks here, it was the true answer. :cheesy:

Regards,
M.

 

[Alpha Dawg]

correct answer?
wtf lol dats the onli answer

if the ''folks'' ova here have anova answer dey better be ashamed of themselvs

u wud neva catch me doin a trade on a holiday...cos id be CASH

 

[rathcoole_exile]

Why do you want to see the same old relics in ANY part of the world.

the only relics i see in this part of the world are the 60 year old sexpats with a 20year-old bar-girl clinging to their wallets

 

[montmorencyt2w]

As I'm nearer 60 than 20, I wonder what is the secret of their "success"? Ah, just realised, the clue is in "wallet"....

 

[Splitlink]

You guys want me to say that I take my laptop with me, don't you? Sorry, I'm no Livermore, who checked Wall Street while he was fishing.

The Missus would grab it and throw it over the wall!

 

[TomTom]

I will be taking some winter sun in the next few days.
There has been enough trading for me when at work, so no trading when on holls, this is 100% family time, relax and enjoy the fruits of life.

I will be keeping a light tab on whats going on, but it will be an obsravaion.

Anyone who trades when on there hollidays really needs a reality check !

Happy holls all Tom

 

[BSD]

Work hard.

AND play hard.

So no trading on holidays.

It's all about balance, isn't it.

 

[JTrader]

Does anyone ever leave trades active when they go on holiday, or does everyone close everything down and relax?

Either way, how many people go out of their way to make sure they have a way of keeping in touch with their favourite markets when they go away (on holiday, not on business)?
.... (I'm trying to restrain myself from adding "....you sad so-and so's", but of course, it might well apply to me as well ).

The one thing about holidays that ensures that you can never truly get away from it all is that you take yourself with you!

I wouldn't be inclined to take my laptop with me on holiday. But i suppose that a large part of this would also come down to your trading style/timeframe, responsibilities and what type of holiday it was - be it a week in a caravan in blackpool, or trekking through the jungle in Panama..