the_n1nja

Hi guys, I'm living in Germany, so actually market open for NYSE is 3:30 pm in Germany, the pre-market show starts at 2:30 pm local time here. So what I do is, I have some days when I have less meetings, then I simply block my calendar in the afternoon from 2:30 pm to 5 pm and do some trading until maybe even 5:30 pm (that would be 11:30 am NY time). But I try to choose the days when this is feasible. So even though I'm currently working from home due to the pandemic, I try to not have any trading days in parallel to meetings for my 9-5 job, because I realized I'm not really focused on either, and it's simply a bad idea. If you do that, you will make a lot of mistakes, and you can't even really learn from them that well, because you have a built-in excuse, that you were not focused on it properly, etc. So I would say, try to find the time of day when you can do it, and in the beginning, don't put too much pressure on yourself to be trading every day for X hours, just do it whenever it best fits your schedule, even if that is only 2 or 3 days per week, it's still progress! My plan is, if trading goes well and can cover some of my expenses, to eventually reduce the working time for my job from full-time to part-time, so that I can trade every day without any additional stress from my normal job. Kind regards, DC

Hi guys, I'm living in Hannover, Germany. Been day trading in sim for few months, just started playing a bit live, might go back to sim soon, I don't think I'm ready yet. Looking forward to chatting with some of you guys, if you want! Best regards, DC