Daily Speculations The Web Site of Victor Niederhoffer and Laurel Kenner

09-Jun-2006
The Comfortable Trader, by James Sogi

Craig Maccagno said that one of the hardships the full-time trader may have to endure is to "sleep on the floor of the office or not at all."

Small suggestion. I work some odd hours in Hawaii, but I have a very comfortable chaise lounge for late hour market watching with nice pads and a warm blanket in front of my screens. The chaise is like the ones at the resorts that adjust to sitting up or lying flat and rolls out of the way during the day. During those long waits...well let's say, its very comfortable. And yes, I dream the market and sometimes have to pinch myself sometimes and check: was it a dream or is it real? Dawn breaks, birds chirp, and the pond stream turns on just as the NY lunch hour ends and chases many creatures of the night away with the new day. It would be interesting to study to what extent do market participants in other parts of the world move the market.