The time I spend on FX, my motto is not to disrupt daily life [Kasumi Kate]

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Foreign exchange journalist. After studying at a university in California, USA, she worked in Vanuatu, Bahrain, and London before returning home. She worked in a financial corporate sales for Japanese and Asian equities at a foreign securities company, and in marketing for institutional clients of alternative investments at a UK-based investment advisory firm. After retirement, she shifted from the world of stocks to FX-related activities, writing for currency information sites and money magazines, appearing on radio programs, and serving as a lecturer at seminars. Her books include “Foreign Currency Investment Techniques to 10x Your Money” (Forest Publishing) and “FX Five Investors Who Start Now Reveal the Rules for Victory” (Subaru Publishing).

I don't want to bear a lot of stress

I am a part-time trader, so I do not spend every day focusing on FX. My basic trading stance is that it should not have a large impact on daily life. Since it is an investment, some stress is natural, but I don’t want to take on heavy stress. I don’t want to suffer from lack of sleep or spend every day in a bad mood because of it.

I monitor the market every day, but I do not trade every day; if I don’t have time, I don’t trade, and if I don’t feel like it, I don’t trade. Especially in difficult markets, I won’t trade. The easier mindset that “the market will be there tomorrow and the day after tomorrow” prevents me from feeling pressure and helps keep stress low. Also, I don’t get irritated by thinking, “Look, if I had done it, I would have made a profit”; I prefer to think, “I’m glad I didn’t incur a loss.”