I'm back home now for a small vacation but for the last little while I've been trading from France. HOurs are brutal, connections (where i am) are not as reliable as in north america but everythign else sure is a lot more fun.... I'm going back to paris in 10 days. I trade part/time and right now am running an import/export business on the side -- trading is such a great job -- you can pick it up and go anywhere in the world. In about 6 months I'll have to go to China for a while.... if i thought hours are brutal from europe, that one is going to kill me. Any china traders (who trade us stocks) here?
I like the hours in Europe for trading North American markets. Start at 3:30 PM and end at 10 PM. Go have dinner and do whatever. Not like the continent shuts down at 11 PM. And you're right Asian hours are brutal.