Absolutely Diana-JS!
I find it refreshing to go behind the stereotypical image of the faceless, screen-addicted retail trader who somehow has nothing else to do … I always like to hear how retail traders manage to do that around all their other commitments…
Thanks for your input!!
Interesting insights, good advice. Thanks.
Youre welcome PipMeHappy,
but theres one thing i cant resist to add. over the evening today i suddenly remembered your post and remembered how it was at the moment the kid was there and theres another thing i feel like mentioning and that is the risk awarenes.
When you (in this part i say “you” but i mean “me” as this is what happened to me/my situation, i dont say it will happenn to you aswell) trade only on your own behalf and have a company which backs you up financially you dont mind going into some risks as you know everything is going to be all right anyways. your wife has a well paid job so no biggie going broke once or twice (even if you dont want to, it still happens). but after your baby arrives your thinking will change, youll think more of the way of “its my duty to keep it healthy, get her food, provide her a great life, security and other things in which money helps”.
sounds logical, yes, you know that yourself, i know. but it will change your view on trading as in your subcauscious you will (not knowing) take these “fears and problems” in every trade you make.
in my case it changed my trading into going rather the lasting trades of days and weeks or even months as to be honest, thats the least risky way to trade (and as i discovred the most profitable aswell) as you take the risk of loss only for a day or two and afterwards you calculate profits, the worst that can happen is you get stopped out too early and take less profit then anticipatet.
i dont know if this helps and i know i have some sort of “cave-men-thinking” when it comes to that part as i still think its the fathers duty to give a certain standard of living to your own family and secure only the best for my kids etc.
but it think we started our trading in different stiles. from the posts ive seen of you the last two weeks my guess is you started trading as an additional income and that it gives you a secure monthly income with which you can live a good life without having to work for a some company (its only a guess, dont be mad if i say something wrong, i dont mean to). i started out in full risk because i wanted to change my economy sector from running a company everybody can run who is able to read, to something bit more complicated and something i finished my college for. and idiot me only in the first month, still as noob, i lost two good german-average-yearly salaries.
my risk awareness changed after birth drastically.
but one thing helped me a lot to get some clue abut trading. by accident i stumbled upon John Maynard Keynes (btw that the guy who invented the theory of government pushing money into population during recession to speed up a recovery of economy, aswell the idea of conetal banks buying assets to get “rid” of lousy contracts and releave the economy in a debt crisis, so basicly he is the father behind the quatative easing programms we see in all major economies nowadays - among other more important things like abandoning the gold standard etc. as i always say the BRITTISH are the masters in econmy, the rest of the world only copies. but i guess you guys learn about him in school anyways) and read about him, one fact i found very interesting. he was a extremely sucessfull speculant on stocks and commodities in his time, and he revealed his style which was: he read newspapers 30 minutes in the morning after waking up and made all his trading decitions within those 30 minutes and then went on to do other things that arent connected to trading.
billionair/millionair by 30 minutes trading a day. funny fact
Guten Tag Turbo!!
I really appreciated your post, which was very insightful…
I am on my 'phone so I will keep this short, so all I can say is that I find a lot of what you wrote close to my own thoughts…
As for Keynes, I am not British but I know that British schools do not teach Keynesian theory 
I am also more and more interested in Meses, the Austrian economist who established the economic theory of the business cycle which very much challenges the Keynesian constructs of modelling, of money-printing, of fiat currencies without a gold standard, and of central bank interventionism… It is not to take anything from Keynes’ achievements and status to challenge some of the Keynesian concepts…
On a different note, I must apologise for correcting you on the topic of the Frankfurt Börse opening hours: I had not seen that you live in that very city,and, if I may add, what a beautiful city it is (I visited it briefly two years ago). . .
Have a great day!!
I think most of us don’t fit that stereotypical image. We’re all people with a life outside of trading, with needs, wants, problems, etc.
I agree, but it is still good to hear more of people’s individual stories… it makes the trading community more…human
Well, only about a week to go (or sooner) before I shall become a parent…
Scary does not come close to it, but exciting it is too!
I wonder how much time I will have for BabyPips forums…Probably less,
but I will try to post something every now and then
So if I were to disappear in a week or so,
do not send a search party assuming that I have been abducted haha
We will mourn your absence PMH, gone but not forgotten.
You’ve got a very demanding & equally rewarding time ahead of you - enjoy! Good luck &
congrats in advance; here’s hoping GBPNZD has sorted itself out come your return.
All the best!
I also just seen this if you wanted to try it out.
haha
yes, demanding yet rewarding… Wise words.
I hear that the best way to make a trader is to train them young… Perhaps my
growing infant should be introduced early to the colourful world of charts…
Who knows, they make better decisions than this chap here!
See you in Inverness or Aberdeen, perhaps!
Thanks for the good wishes!
I see from the Twitter comments that someone said:
‘What is the digital equivalent of photos in the attic?’
That’s modern life, man!
Hello everyone!
My daughter was born earlier today,
and will be coming home tomorrow.
A new life ahead…
Happy to share this wonderful moment with
all of my extended family here at BabyPips!
[B]Great news! Congratulations! I wish you all the best.[/B]
Thank you Yohec!!
An unforgettable day…
Congratulations!
I hope that you got a good sleep last night, it may be the last that you’ll get for a while.
Thanks Baz!
Enjoying this ‘tropical’ (15C) sunshine we
are getting 
I hope you survived the children’s party
Congratulations, Francesco!
Now you’ll have to change your screen-name to PipMyNappy :18:
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Hahahahaha Brilliant
Thanks, Clint
Congratulations! I wish you and the other family members all the best Hopefully you can enjoy the coming 20-30 years with kids in your house!
I was wondering if I could trade well as a student (I’m almost trough the school of pipsology, only part of the undergraduate and graduation to go. And then it’ll come…
Now I see that you can handle trading with kids (or others say they can) I shouldn’t worry about the little time I have available I think… we’ll see the coming months
Oh, and once again: congratulations! 
Hello Gugakip,
I am sure you will
Thanks for the congratulations…
I used to trade daily with a system but
on top of a full-time job it was causing
me a lot of anxiety, so I switched to
long-term, investor-style trading,
holding few positions over many months.
How far are you in the BabyPips School?