There’s a post on one of the BabyPips blogs that looks to address the question of boredom in trading. It got me wondering whether boredom is something traders should really ever be feeling.
Stick with me here.
The implication of boredom is that there’s nothing going on to stimulate the trader. Believe me, I can appreciate how difficult it can be for someone who follows the market closely to have to struggle through days when the markets are quiet. If you think trading those days is a challenge, try having to write about the markets on sessions like that. You don’t have to trade. I still have to write. 
Here’s what has me wondering about boredom, though. That state of being suggests you’re more concentrated on the market than your trading strategy would seem to dictate. If that’s the case, you should be doing something else until you system or methodology givens you the heads-up that it’s time to pay attention again.
You get what I’m driving at?
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John Forman, author of this blog, has traded for more than 20 years, is a professional market analyst, and authored The Essentials of Trading. He is an active participant in trading forums, consults for trading related businesses, as published literally dozens of trading articles, and has been quoted in a number of books and in the media.
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