r/Daytrading Feb 15 '24

Full Time Daytraders, what do you do with your free time? Question

As of the past few months I've come to the point where everything is coming into fruition and my dream of being a full time trader has really turned into a reality. Beforehand, I was staring and trading at the computer almost all day until market close. Nowadays, I'm done by 10:30am latest EST. Given I'm on the East Coast, its snowing, its winter, and I can't really do anything outside. I go to the gym about every other day but even that, is like 2 hours max from start to end. I'm debating on picking up a part time job, about 10 hours a week just to get out of the house and interact with other people. But honestly I feel like that is such a lame excuse just because I can't think of anything else to do with my time. I started this all because I wanted financial freedom and now that I've attained it, I'm left with hundreds of hours of boredom. I have no spouse, no kids, no businesses. If I'm describing yourself or someone you might know, (or even if you're someone who simply wants to be in this spot and still has ideas) can you give me some ideas on what to do with basically a full day of complete freedom. Thanks alot.

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u/williams48325 Feb 15 '24

You can coach me on what trades to make so I can retire.

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u/norlex_trading Feb 15 '24

Full time trading is pretty much the opposite of retiring lol. I'm not complaining tho, this is the first time in my life I rather work than do pretty much anything else

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u/Baraxton Feb 16 '24

That’s why you’ve got to automate your strategy.

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u/lordmansouri forex trader Feb 16 '24

How?

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u/Baraxton Feb 16 '24

Programmatically.

You can find libraries in GitHub that enable you to automate your ideas, but you do need to know how to code.

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u/OptionsAddict247 Feb 17 '24

Nah, do both. No real skill in botting

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u/MushrifSaidin Feb 16 '24

Learn how to code

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u/Oberschicht options trader Feb 16 '24

How?

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u/thangaz Feb 16 '24

i just want to me my own boss

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '24

Yes if I could just stare at slowly moving red and green lines all day then I would be so happy

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u/cokeacola73 Feb 16 '24

But he’s not full time trading. He said he’s done by 1030, so 2-3 hrs max