When I was doing it full time trading, I realized that I didn't have enough stake money to trade full time. I was young, and didn't really think it through or prepare myself properly to trade. I think one really needs a big account to trade size comfortably because fear and greed wreaks havoc when you have a small account. Especially when you need to withdraw to live, and also try to build up the account at the same time.

I think that is one of the big reasons why I moved to scripts and EA because I really wanted to sleep. I came from the futures and equities world, and there wasn't much automation back then. I thought trading in the futures was very exciting at first, all the action and 24 hour market. Then it got to be a huge drag because I had to watch the chart and can't sleep if I was in a trade or waiting for a trade. So I looked more into automation, and I started very simple, just wanted some trailing stops so I can sleep, then it got more complex and the rest is history. Now, it has allowed me to do something on the side with my free time.

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