trading from home and dealing with distractions

[TheBirdLives]

Originally Posted by 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.

I think you are on target here, CT.
This is the classic problem of the telecommuter — and the telecommuter's boss.

Rules to live by in both working and trading from home:

• Have a dedicated space.
• Have a dedicated phone and computer.
• Have someone else in the house to take care of:
  • the doorbell,
  • the kids,
  • the home phone.

If you don't follow these rules, judge your environment by results.
If you are getting the job done, you have a good environment.
If not, do the necessary — which may mean following the above rules.

[Soverus Khan]

Originally Posted by TheBirdLives

I think you are on target here, CT.
This is the classic problem of the telecommuter — and the telecommuter's boss.

Rules to live by in both working and trading from home:

• Have a dedicated space.
• Have a dedicated phone and computer.
• Have someone else in the house to take care of:
  • the doorbell,
  • the kids,
  • the home phone.

If you don't follow these rules, judge your environment by results.
If you are getting the job done, you have a good environment.
If not, do the necessary — which may mean following the above rules.

And be careful of live calls on a chat!!!

[TheBirdLives]

Originally Posted by Soverus Khan

And be careful of live calls on a chat!!!

Yes, well, that's always a danger.

[FallingKnife]

Originally Posted by 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!!

you have a good sense of humor, soverus

I think Bird has it right here. I like your flow-like approach, by the way. are you a programmer of some sort?

[HighBid]

I trade from home and IMHO for a newbie not a good idea for a trader with some EXP you can focus much better. I live in NY and have looked at many office's and not one could get me to trade there. Most are like a frat house. My phone and the doorbell i ignore till after 4pm est.

[Alchemist]

Originally Posted by HighBid

I live in NY and have looked at many office's and not one could get me to trade there. Most are like a frat house.

what do you mean? you were not fooled by them?

[HighBid]

Originally Posted by Alchemist

what do you mean? you were not fooled by them?

Just not my flavor of ice cream.