I canât speak for you, but about an hour before the market opens my heart begins to beat faster, pure adrenalin rushes through my veins, and the excitement of it all nearly overwhelms me.
I suppose that there are any number of ways to deal with excess emotions, but like many traders, I eat.
And thatâs where the trouble began.
By 8:15 this morning I had finished last nightâs Chinese take-out that I had left sitting on my desk overnight. I followed that with a half-dozen jelly donuts, a quart of milk, a Snickers Bar, two or three handfuls of stale chips, and four cups of coffee.
I donât know what the problem was â maybe Iâm just getting old â but it didn't agree with me, if you know what I mean. Right before the market opened this morning, I threw up all over my keyboard. Now donât get me wrong, I love to trade as much as the next guy, but typing in orders on a vomit covered keyboard is not the best way to start the trading day.
It looks like I missed a ton of good trades again, but Iâm still sick as a dog â maybe Iâll feel better this afternoon.
I suppose that there are any number of ways to deal with excess emotions, but like many traders, I eat.
And thatâs where the trouble began.
By 8:15 this morning I had finished last nightâs Chinese take-out that I had left sitting on my desk overnight. I followed that with a half-dozen jelly donuts, a quart of milk, a Snickers Bar, two or three handfuls of stale chips, and four cups of coffee.
I donât know what the problem was â maybe Iâm just getting old â but it didn't agree with me, if you know what I mean. Right before the market opened this morning, I threw up all over my keyboard. Now donât get me wrong, I love to trade as much as the next guy, but typing in orders on a vomit covered keyboard is not the best way to start the trading day.
It looks like I missed a ton of good trades again, but Iâm still sick as a dog â maybe Iâll feel better this afternoon.
