I'm currently working with 25. Sometimes I think it's too many. A couple of hours a day. I use two laptops, One Mac and one pc. The presentation is very different in my opinion. Most of my orders are placed on the pc. Basic Option strategies. When I try complex strategies, It wears me out. How many do you think the average retailer is working with?
I personally think Less is More with trading. So many people feel it's sexy and intelligent to trade so many things in so many styles. Confusion delusion A trader just needs to watch and monitor and master the broad market S&P. Preferably on a daily scale timeframe. If you can do this day in, day out, with options you'll get rich Guitar of Arnie
Good Evening Arnie Guitar, One Computer One Instrument ES Futures Market One Chart One Decision Only: Click Buy Button or Click Sell Button One Outcome Only: Put money in the bank and food on the table. I need nothing more than this. Anything more than this is a Scam or Lie and Pony and Clown Show.
I do one for daytrading. The same one for years. I like simplicity and it comes from a belief that resonates with me from Bruce Lee : "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."
maybe not for you but i focus on 1 market and master it. if you can't make all you want with 1 market do you think there will be different luck with another?
see how narrow minded that statement is? so i am the best indy driver in the world and i only race on indy track - why would i race on dirt tracks and take the same risk for less money? when your at the top you know your game.