So when I analyze (from memory, not from an actual journal) my bad sessions. It is usually when I deviate from my "only trading from 12pm to 3pm" mindset. The concept was to give the markets a few hours to digest the econ data/rumors/whatever from the start of the European open to US 12pm. When I followed that schedule and was honest about the prevailing trend, I made a decent profit. But when I trade at night.....or trade first thing at 5am.....that is when things go down south. I have such poor discipline that I need to limit my trading time to a few hours. This way, I can say "fuck it" after a bad session and continue on the next day. I moved into a new basement studio apt this weekend. My new landlord is a crazy lady who will not let me close the main basement door even though I told her that it is not safe nor sanitary. They were still doing construction up to this morning. Not ideal trading conditions. As far as housing goes. The landlord is an asshole lady who clearly does not care about my safety so I will stay here until the end of next month. I paid for August rent and 1-month security so I will demand that she use that as my last rent. I just need to figure out how to eat since my resume response is not getting anywhere. If anyone is willing to send me food for this month, I would gladly accept. I live in NYC. Not out of desperation.....but out of gratitude. lol. That's how dire my situation is right now.
Thank you for your empathy. I still know in my heart of hearts that I will be the TRADER GOAT. I still need to adjust a few things.
If you live in NY and have no income or assets, apply for food stamps. And if you do live in NY, there are a bunch of cab companies you can work for, assuming you have a driver's license. It can be Yellow Cab or it can be one of the smaller guys on Long Island that use dispatch instead of meters. Easy work, and it's all cash.
On the surface, it sounds easy to get a "easy job" but it is not...trust me, I had to dumb down my resume 50-fold and I still have not received call backs from even receptionist positions.
Getting a TLC in NYC license requires jumping through a bunch of hoops that only the agile can navigate. I know...I was a Black Car driver for many years...great money if you get in the right shop...but a grind if you are a sheep. I loved it because I called my own hours, but it is a different world today.
You don't need a resume to drive a cab. Just knowledge of the area you drive in, and a fairly clean record. That's it. I should know, I drove in both NY and the Tampa area. It's great work because of the tips.
I wasn't referring to a medallion-based taxi company. Here's two... https://allislandyellowcabs.com/employment/ https://allislandtransportation.com/ The second one I used to drive for. The only thing that sucked about them was that you had to use THEIR gas, which they charged a premium over public gas stations.
I know you are partial to E2T for challenges but there are other companies that offer much better deals than E2T (especially when it comes to the way drawdowns are calculated in both the challenges and funded accounts) those drawdown calculations (that are skewed to be unfavorable to you) can screw with your ability to trade correctly and cause you to fail unnecessarily in many cases (Versus the way other firms calculate drawdowns) Both E2T and Topstep offer flawed models that are not favorable to traders when compared to what else is available from other companies
Far as I recall, that is if you wanted to do street-side pickups in one of the five boroughs of NYC. But you do not need to have that outside of NYC, because the TLC of NYC does not extend outside of NYC.