wow! What an excellent day. Spent most of it prowling like cat just collecting pips here and there but it was fun and they soon added up. Broker will be happy with that. And LOMOBs are up on close. Not sure who mentioned TFC this morning but thank you - much appreciated for a few good trades. All in all a good day and yet there were a few hours in the middle where I wanted a nap. Glad I pushed on through.
Here's a question for yas. How do your family/partners etc feel about your trading? Was it hard to get them to respect your boundaries to begin with? It has been for me - getting them to understand not to call me at 9.59am to ask me some trivial question or understanding that just because I'm home doesn't mean I'm available. In the end I started turning my phone off at 9am until 4.30pm so it wouldn't ring.
My hubby especially found it hard that I didn't want to stop and listen to his story of how the bull tried to spear his leg or that I wouldn't stop and make him a cup of tea. Now I am making good money he is all for it and is even making me a little trading station at the top of the mountain for better reception but it's been a long journey. I find it frustrating that my family think all I do is make a win or loss. Trading is so much more. I have tried explaining it with various analogies - if we had a shop and it was closed on Sundays and I went in and did some book work and stacked shelves would I be working for a loss that day? I have explained that there are no wins and losses, it's a business not a poker club and it has costs, returns, profits, losses etc. It also has research, information gathering and sharing, interpretation of reports etc but all they ever ask about is how much money I make.
It gets totally frustrating at times and this is where Hot Copper is a sanity saver - intelligent people who simply get it. oh and then there's the stock threads too
I'd love to hear how others cope, how your families cope/react with your need for space and time. The night time research and even simply reading the scans in the AM lounge have been something that really help my trading both through information/knowledge and keeping my focus. Hubby used to feel a bit threatened by my time researching but now he has noticed the more connected I stay with it all, the better my trading.
My older daughter - she interrupts me constantly if I'm trading in town and when I told her I'm going on a working holiday she asked "Why would you pay for accommodation when you have a house in town?" (which she lives in) She suggested I should be able to handle visitors at 9.45am and trade at the same time - and maybe the problem is I need to cope with stress not just avoid people while I'm trading. aaaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And then has the cheek to ask if I can trade her wage for the afternoon and make her some money for a trip interstate. Seriously????
All in all it's good and I've had to be strict with my boundaries and reinforce that when I am at work, I am at work but geez it hasn't been easy. Sound familiar anyone???
So to top it off I should say thanks to each and every one of you for any part you may have played in helping me learn to trade, learn TA, keep my sanity, share my excitement, understand my losses and cope with them, understand the markets, all of it. I know I have improved hugely in the last 6 months and I wouldn't have done it without the support I get on here. A lot of people rubbish Hot Copper and that is their opinion but I wouldn't swap you lot for the world. You're a great bunch of workmates and as
@Britneek said recently the closest thing to real work mates we have and I appreciate you all.
Cheers!
Selmy
