[Operating Time Breakdown] How FX Auto-Trading Will Change Your Life: A Simulation

When you enter FX trading, don't you feel like time disappears before you know it?

In the morning you check yesterday and today's market, at noon you worry about your positions, and at night you face the charts and end up sleep-deprived.

What could change that lifestyle is an EA (automatic trading system).

So, what actually happens to a day when you implement an EA?

Here we will simulate by operating time, comparing with discretionary trading.

In discretionary trading, mornings tend to be overwhelmed by information waves.

You check forex news, open charts for major currencies such as USD/JPY, EUR/USD, GBP/JPY, EUR/JPY, gold, and input大量 of data.

As you wonder, “Would have it been better to enter yesterday?” and “Will today’s market rise or fall?” your morning time slips away in a hurry.

Meanwhile, mornings of investors running EA are very calm.

Because trading decisions are entrusted to the EA, there is no psychological stress.

During that time you gather information related to your main job or consume hobby content,

so you can use the morning free time for your growth and enjoyment.

This is a change that unexpectedly raises your quality of life.

When you hold a position in discretionary trading, even during work your mind is tied to charts.

Thoughts like “Is it time to take profit?” or “Should I move the stop loss?” continue, and concentration can break.

You check positions on your smartphone and get anxious, leading to longer stretches of half-completed work.

As a result, you may end up finishing work later, thinking, “If I can just finish before 21-22:00 when London time starts.”

With EA operation, those anxieties and distractions vanish.

Since automated trading enters and exits precisely based on preset logic, you can completely forget about trading during the day and focus on work.

This accumulating “concentrated time” makes it easier to achieve better results in your main job.

You may end up finishing all daily tasks a full hour or two ahead of schedule, with time to spare.

Unsurprisingly, night is when discretionary traders truly shine. They display multiple indicators on the PC and trade from London time into New York time. Before they know it, it’s often past 2-3 a.m., waking up sleep-deprived the next morning—a cycle that repeats.

The night for EA investors is completely different.

Trades are done automatically by the EA, so you can ensure time with family and friends. You can also allocate time to go to the gym and get in shape.

What you do at night is mainly to check the EA portfolio and review “EA with profits” and “EA within expected drawdown ranges.”

Other times are spent on hobbies and relaxation, then you go to bed early to prepare for the next day.

You can maintain stability both mentally and physically.

The time you run the EA effectively increases your “free time.”

Morning leeway, midday focus, evening rest.

By reclaiming these, your life shifts from a “trading-centered life” to a “life that leverages trading as an ally.”

However, this does not mean you should neglect EA.

From backtesting, you should clearly determine the maximum tolerable drawdown, and implement stop-loss, trailing stop, and other settings without fail, while regularly checking EA performance.

It’s essential to create an environment where you can glance at things quickly on a smartphone without taking much time.

These small habits lead to long-term stable operation.

EA is not just a automation tool; it is a tool for designing time.

By skillfully adjusting operating time to fit your life rhythm,

both trading and work, and even life itself, move toward a more stable direction.

Of course, some people can earn more with discretionary trading, so if that’s you, secure time to improve discretionary trading skills as well,

while also entrusting part of the operation to EA to save time and gain knowledge and experience.

By adopting EA, you “increase the time you are not chased by tasks” —

isn’t that the smart investor style for the coming era?

That’s about what I wanted to write today.

See you next time!