As said before, key word is freedom. Freedom to trade or play golf tomorrow. Spend more time with wife which I never saw when I worked for others. Freedom to use whichever broker and platform and software, and trading style I want to use. Freedom to write off many expenses I couldn't before. Not stressing out on daily commutes as I did when I lived in LA, Atlanta, and northern Jersey. I risk my own capital, but the profit is to keep and reinvest.