trading from home and dealing with distractions

[FallingKnife]

Hello everybody,

home traders, current and former, how do you deal with home distractions during the trading day? I mean, the phone rings, delivery at the door, neighbor's dog barking all day, children screaming in the street. sometimes I would just like to get dressed up and go out looking for an office.

how do you deal with all these distractions? Am i the only one experiencing this?

[ProTrader]

this is an easy one: get an office!!

[Soverus Khan]

It's all "combat noise". Focus.

And turn off the phone!

[daytraderB]

have you considered using headphones?

[Leth]

Originally Posted by daytraderB

have you considered using headphones?

i wish.....

[breakout]

I switch the phone off.
I turn the doorbell off.
...and kill the kids

[Soverus Khan]

Originally Posted by breakout

I switch the phone off.
I turn the doorbell off.
...and kill the kids

That's kind of cruel don't you think? What did that poor doorbell do to you?

[ProTrader]

eh ehe heh eh

[ChaosTheory]

trading from home can be a pain in the neck. I know. I speak from experience. Problem is, unless you decide to trade from an office, you really have no other alternatives but to deal with it.

[Soverus Khan]

If you can, throw a set of dumbells or treadmill in your trading room. Good use of energy between setups and keeps the metabolism moving. Also helps me expend all the caffeine!

Of course rapid scalping while on the treadmill may hurt your financial health!!