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A Day In The Life Of A Trend-Following Trader

A Day In The Life Of A Trend-Following Trader

How do traders trade?

I have no idea.

Market Wizards is a great book on traders.

Here are 9 more.

For trend-following traders that work from home – I am not going to lie – it can get be wonderful.

5:00 AM
Sleep.

5:30 AM
Sleep.6:00 AM
Sleep.

6:30 AM
Sleep.

7:00 AM
Sleep.

7:30 AM
Sleep.

8:00 AM
Sleep.

8:30 AM
Get up. Brush teeth. Gym clothes. Walk the dog. Shower.

9:00 AM
Drink a bottle of water. Decide to go to breakfast. Drive to Dunkin Donuts for coffee and a croissant. Read and catch up on email while you are there.

9:30 AM AM
Check the mail and do chores around the house.

10:00 AM
Read.

10:30 AM
Read. Check market prices – and then wonder why you did that.

11:00 AM
Load the dishwasher. Vacuum the living room. Fix a sandwich.

11:30 AM
Eat lunch while listening to a podcast.

12:00 PM
Play on the computer.

12:30 PM
Get up and go the bathroom. Put on a fresh set of gym clothes.

1:00 PM
Go the gym and lift weights.

1:30 PM
Move from weights to cardio. Walk 2 miles on the treadmill.

2:00 PM
Open up computer and trading platform. Check all open orders. Move stops. Enter new orders on stopped out positions. Close computer.

2:30 PM
Shower and change clothes. Again.

3:00 PM
Meet a friend for coffee.

3:30 PM
Read.

4:00 PM
Read.

4:30 PM
Pick up kids from school.

5:00 PM
Try to decide about dinner.

5:30 PM
Go and get takeout.

6:00 PM
Eat dinner and ask everyone about their day.

6:30 PM
Play with the kids.

7:00 PM
The family watches TV together.

7:30 PM
Get kids ready for bed.

8:00 PM
Put kids to bed.

8:30 PM
Tell kids they actually need to go to sleep.

9:00 PM
Demand that kids lay down and sleep.

9:30 PM
Shower and get ready for bed.

10:00 PM
Netflix.

10:30 PM
Netflix.

11:00 PM
Netflix.

11:30 PM
Netflix.

12:00 PM
Read.

12:30 PM
Lights out.

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