11:00 - wake up 11:15 - fitness, running 13:30 - breakfast / lunch and turn on computer. Watch the European markets, check news 14:00 - start execution software / check pre-market 15:30 - market opens 22:00 - market closes / after hours - (sometimes) Spend the rest of the evening / night : free time I live in The Netherlands !!
6:00am outa bed, feed cats, go for a walk 7:30am breakfast, shower/shave/etc 9:00am computer on, download US data (Pinnacle EoD) 9:30am place orders, move stops 10:00am work on systems/research/C++ coding etc 3:00pm lunch 4:00pm do something physical - yard work, etc 6:00pm read/TV/normal life-type stuff 9:00pm bed/sleep I live in Australia, position trade US markets
open -2 hours : wake up open -1.75 hours : wake up open -1.5 hours : wake up open -1 hour : power on self-test prepare check Pepsi supply check Tobacco supply check ground coffee supply verify computer, network check mail/ICQ verify positions read the news verify which numbers are to be released in the day OHLC
Funky- mercyshot -- your first EP has some pretty cool tunes on it - good luck with it! (falling / welcome)
All times pst... 7am-Wake up myself, girlfriend, and dog. Yes I skip the first 30 mins, and am the only prop trader in existence not trading opg's. Also feed dog. 7:10am-Turn on trading system and wait for money to come my way. 1pm-Update daily P&L chart, turn on spa, plan dinner.
Hey Funky I used to work right around the corner from you. An Internet company called Organic.com moved their office to Townsend before they laid-off a *hit-load of people. I'm in the East Bay now. Alameda. Give me a ring if you are ever want to swap ideas. I just trade the e-minis though, so couldn't talk to the equities market much.. -momo
uh.. yeah.. 5:30am- Deflate Heidi Klum blowup doll 6:00am- still deflating 6:15am-walk 8' from edge of bed to trading desk w/o jamming toes 6:30am-finishing last of catholic school boy prayers-and feeling guilty about it. 6:59am-taking the second trade of the day, trying to get back to break even x:00-blur 1:00pm-still blur, but market movement seems more apparent 1:01pm- begin crying... -mo