Give up on becoming a genius trader of FX and slowly make money with automated trading

This is Yutori, a businessman who dabbles in various side jobs.

I had planned to post at least one article every month, but I haven’t been able to post much. Reflecting on my recent circumstances, I felt like picking up the pen—or opening the computer—and so I’ll bring you a light article.

As an excuse for not writing many articles lately, I’ll casually write about what kind of life I’m living as a self-introduction.

I’m seriously working as a salaryman

Last spring I changed jobs, moving from a laid-back, low-salary salaryman to a company where there are some long hours, but you also earn a correspondingly higher salary.
It feels like the company I used to work for as a fierce salaryman has become a bit more white-collar in this Reiwa era.
If I don’t get the day’s work done, it piles up like a fluffy white thing, so
there are times when I end up working late due to overtime.
(Although late, it’s not at the level of a black company. I wonder if people in Tokyo work more vigorously.)

When I get home from work, I eat and sleep—a quintessential salaryman lifestyle.
I’ve heard that in English you bring bacon home.

It’s like hunting and bringing meat home. It’s an expression that I work to live.

In truth, I’d like to be able to live comfortably without ever having to do salaryman work, but I’m not rich enough yet, so I have to keep working.
In the past I had a negative image of salaryman work, but
after changing jobs I ended up with a satisfying working environment, so I work contentedly (I’ve been tamed nicely).

With this kind of work, I earn a decent amount! It’s cost-effective!
I’m still young, so within my long life I think I’ll work seriously for a while to save money. That’s how I feel.

If you dislike your current job, you might consider changing jobs.
Recent times aside, I think in old Japan job security was universal, and people who changed jobs were seen as outliers.

After all, if you work, it’s best to have a job that matches your abilities and pays as high as possible.
When you’re a student deciding on a company to join, and you find one by chance, it might not be best for you for the next several decades (from entering in your 20s to retirement in your 60s—that’s about 40 years!).

Companies change, you change, industries change, so it might be nice to be in a company that suits you at that time.
Sorry for the digression, but I’ve changed jobs and I’m approaching salaryman work positively while aiming to become rich.
(For the record, I actually want to quit being a salaryman and live a leisurely life as a rich person.)

There are many other side jobs I want to do

Sorry for the long preface, but I’m seriously tackling salaryman work as described.
Even with just the salaryman job, my life is close to waking up in the morning and going to bed when I return, but I have many other side jobs I want to do.

I’d like to post videos in my hobby genre on YouTube, or sell something on Mercari…

I’m actively pursuing these, so I won’t go into detail here.
If I did those things, I’d never have enough time.

Time spent on FX trading
In that context, there’s no time for me to check economic indicators during the late-night FX golden hours and stare at charts with sleepy eyes.
(There were times when I read Pan Rolling books and traded every night.)
So, I turned to automated FX trading.
Once I set up the environment, it starts trading automatically just by launching the EA once.
Moreover, it earns more than I could trade on my own, so I’m thinking FX is fine with this.
If I continued with discretionary trading, I might have become a genius trader and built enormous wealth, but rather than that, I’d rather earn a decent amount quickly.
The purpose of life isn’t to make money but to spend the money happily, so I think auto-trading that doesn’t require much time is a good fit for me these days.

Recent trades

Trades with the Anomaly Master EA are looking good.
It has been a year since I started, and my account balance has been growing quite steadily.
Starting from 10,000 yen on a small lot, it’s now grown to tens of thousands of yen — it’s quite moving.

With more funds, I want to solidify the defense and aim for a big milestone.
If 10,000 yen becomes 300,000 yen (a 30x increase), then 300,000 becoming 9,000,000 yen would be my fantasy, and I’m trading while musing about that.”