(Picture: Anmol and Jared on the NYSE Floor.)
Trading also allows me to travel and work from just about anywhere in the world. In fact this past year I spent 3 weeks in Japan, 1 week in Florida, 1 week in the Bahamas, 1 week in California, 4 weeks in Pe sylvania, 2 weeks in New York City and a 2 weeks in Canada as well. That’s over 3 months away from home on MY own terms. Will your boss let you take 14 weeks off? Granted I worked and traded on many of those trips, but that was my choice, not someone else’s. These are just some of the incredible benefits that trading can offer. To further belabor the point, I don’t have to drive in rush hour traffic everyday, I get to see my kids go to school in the morning, and I can pick them up afterwards as well.
When I worked on Wall Street in New York years ago, I left the house at 4:45am and didn’t come home until 7:30-8pm everyday, and sometimes on Saturday’s as well. I couldn’t imagine ever doing that again. The amount freedom, time and flexibility this career provides is something I’m simply not willing to give up. You ca ot put a price on time, especially when it involved being able to spend that extra time with family and friends, it’s truly priceless. But hey, some people still prefer the daily grind of rush hour traffic and bosses telling them what to do. To each their own. I wouldn’t ‘trade’ my schedule for the world.
