Adrian Reid questions whether trading during holidays is worth the cost to your relationships and life. He closed all positions before a ten-day silent retreat, choosing the break over staying plugged in. The real question is what you're optimizing for.
I had times I did my trading in the underground between work and yoga. I had to change my holiday schedule on holiday with a friend. And when I look back now, I'm asking myself, is that really worth it? That trading determines how you spend your time in your holidays. This is not negotiable. This is one of my main income sources. I need to make space for it because it's my job now. Especially with automatization, everything is easier. If you want to do this on a professional level, you need to maintenance even if you're on holidays. But if this has an effect on your relationship, even with your partner or your friends, then maybe you sit back and really ask what is important now? Because if you don't trade a system for a week, it's not a big deal. But if you. If this has a long lasting effect on your relationship, maybe this is a big deal. So.
Yeah, get a bit perspective on what is important. If you cannot ensure that you have the right circumstances for your trading, then stop it for that time. Because it's maybe in certain situation not worth it. Like when I was on the ten day silent retreat. No Internet, nothing, no cell phone. I had no chance to check anything. I could not do anything. So what did I do? I closed all my positions. Nowadays I do things differently because I don't want that the trading has such an impact on my daily life. Because my daily life is also important.
Sam.
