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    Lifestyle of daytrader

    Actually I do jog previously, but sometime too intense jogging some how makes me get flu/sick easier, I did not know it till someone told me if u push yor body too far, its not going to benefit, so i switch to yoga/qigong (Chinese form of healing slow movement + breathing exercise), seems to...
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    IB trustuworthy?

    I have no problem with them, your 1st withdrawal needs phone authentication , after that, every month withd is free, and no need auth if withd to yor same bank acc, and need 3 days if overseas, and I agree with others, if IB cannot be trusted, who does?
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    Lifestyle of daytrader

    Appreciate your advice, most of them are excellent ideas, i'm trying out some of them, also trying to explore more into some of my hobbies, thanks again
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    Lifestyle of daytrader

    Saw your posting in P/L thread , u doing great
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    Lifestyle of daytrader

    Some days on the street u will meet some old colleagues/ friends , as expected, they will ask "not working today?", and I'll just say day off, anything to say but not day trader :)
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    Lifestyle of daytrader

    Thanks, good advise, I'm trying now, will improve on it
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    Lifestyle of daytrader

    Ya, that's the thing, previously when I still working, busy lifestyle, then if I have a day off to stay home, it really feels different. But now everyday is off day, too much to take, so much free time, trading doesn't take up too much time. So much free time that boredom started to come in...
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    Lifestyle of daytrader

    Before i take the lifestyle of fulltime trading, i always dream of the wonderful benefits of not working 9 to 5, now that i got into fulltime trading, it is kind of getting boring, yet 9 to 5 job is worse, so anything to look forward to after this???
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    Lifestyle of daytrader

    Morning do some yoga, light jogging/ walking, then after lunch, either get some sleep or go to library to do some reading. Not that i dislike my current routine kind of lifestyle, but it is kind of getting boring i dislike 9 to 5 job, office politics, rat race, rushing and working during 9 to...
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    If break rules and earn profit?

    What happen if you break your rules and it turns out profitable? Somehow this will reinforce me to break rules the next time I broke one of my rules yesterday to buy premarket, and result in a big loss, but because i have previous recent experience of buying premarket and result in a big...
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    How to have super solid discipline?

    How to practice super solid discipline? Eg: after winning some profit, my rule said need to stop trading at this time, ok, i agree, but somehow, i wander around house, then came back to the trading desk, saw some lousy setup, and i trade the setup, how to prevent such trading from happening...
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    How to prevent trading too big size?

    Yesterday got into overtrade mode and revenge trading, this does not always happen, but it happen once very few weeks, and it is enough it cut -20k off my account Initially i was trading 10k size for 1 stock and some smaller 1k size other stock, then the loss by mid day is -6k, sold all and...
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    How to prevent trading too big size?

    I have the problem of trading too big size, or too many positions So should i do the following:? - convert margin account to cash account so that i will not buy too big? - Or make my trading account smaller so that i cannot buy too big or open too many positions?
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    Do you withdraw from your trading account ?

    Have the problem of trading position size too big, your account grow, do u withdraw from your trading account so that it remain the same amount thru out the years? Say example as your account is having 100k, when it grow to 150k, do u take out $50k so that your trading account is always...
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    2011: Rebuilding My Battered Account

    Your monthly expense is 5k plus the income from your regular job? seems rather high...
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    What percent are full time traders

    I'm same as Businessman, with mortgage but 1 car only, thing about trading full time is you don't know when you get hit by continuous losses, so must have strong mind, even though profit can be big too, money mgt is impt
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    2011: Rebuilding My Battered Account

    So neke, finally u going full-time trading?
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    Tradestation as my new broker?

    U right, only for instituational acc It is now owned by Monex group, japan company At least not clearing thru Penson :)
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    Tradestation as my new broker?

    Just read that Tradestation clears thru JPM, so should be quite safe: "To the extent TradeStation Securities clears its securities brokerage transactions through J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp. (which, currently, it does only for institutional accounts), we understand that J.P. Morgan Clearing...
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    When are the Penson brokers going to change clearing firm?

    I really hope Penson got bought out, or all related brokers change to other clearing firm, so that i can go back to my broker I thought most customer would leave their brokers because of Penson, yes? no?
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