My 3 Day Old Daughter :)

[Soultrader 12]

First clip of my daughter... had to post this; too funny

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKqvHz8KG-4

[Kiwi 16]

Very cute James.

 

Sleepless nights shall follow ... you might want to cut back on the trading when you're tired.

[Soultrader 12]

hehe thanks Kiwi. Yep, sleepless nights.... luckily the markets have been interesting for me lately enough to stay up through the US hours. But yea, once this volatility levels down I might start cutting back on time

[diablo272 10]

Congrats again James!

[JBWTrader 10]

Well done James , very cute.

Hope you,mum and baby are doing well.

 

All the best

John

[Spydertrader 10]

Congrats on the new addition to your family.

 

- Spydertrader

[rs5 10]

ADORABLE!! Best Wishes to baby Mom and Dad :)

[TIKITRADER 10]

Such a beautiful moment. Each day will be wonderful.

I miss those days now my little guy is 6 foot tall and he is 2 inches short of looking me eye to eye.hahaha

 

Welcome to the world !

 

Congratulations James.

[jashanno 10]

We had our twins 11 days ago. One of them peed all over my shirt while I was watching your video.

:haha:

 

good luck on the sleep.

[Soultrader 12]

Very cute Jashanno! Yep, same here trying to avoid the pee and poop.

[james_gsx 16]

Congrats James and Jashanno!

 

I was always very skeptical of having a family, but after visiting my sister and her 3 month old son I can say that someday in my future it might not be such a bad idea. Big congrats to both of you.

[kuro 10]

Congratulations James!

 

It is hard at first , but it is really worth it.

[Dinerotrader 10]

Twins are hard. I had those a few years back. Just had my fifth boy last Tuesday. Kids are awesome. Congrats James.

 

[Roachapproach 10]

Hey, very cute! Congrats!

[lbj 10]

Congratulations from me too, James.

 

We are also expecting our first child soon so I was wondering if you (or anyone else) might like to comment on how your little cuties / starting a family has affected your trading (and life in general!)...

Edited May 18, 2010 by lbj

[MadMarketScientist 11]

lbj - while I'm a bit further along (mine is 10 y.o.) I was trading and running an investing company full time at the time my daughter came along. Did it change things? Yes, of course -- it does change your life however I didn't find it really impacted my trading life that much. We're already used to crappy hours right ?

 

I probably shifted things around some but if I was testing or doing research I could easily do that during nap times or later at night.

 

Where it gets to be a lot of fun are a few years in when your child starts to watch you and the charts -- it's fun for them since let's face it, patterns, colors, lines, bars, etc... is kinda cool for a kid. Over time my daughter has become reasonably good at picking out some trading patterns and does watch some of the trading even now. Of course she tells me clearly there's no chance she's taking over the business but we'll see.....

 

Anyway, enjoy the adventure!

[lbj 10]

Much appreciated advice, MadMarketScientist. Thx.

 

"Following in father's footsteps" - that's an interesting, and very positive, point that I didn't think of.... Yeah, can imagine too, nice for kids with all the moving colors and shapes on charts and all...

 

PS. That reminds me of (have you heard?) the joke about the Policeman following in his father's footsteps? - his father was a thief!

[lbj 10]

Where it gets to be a lot of fun are a few years in when your child starts to watch you and the charts -- it's fun for them since let's face it, patterns, colors, lines, bars, etc... is kinda cool for a kid. Over time my daughter has become reasonably good at picking out some trading patterns and does watch some of the trading even now. Of course she tells me clearly there's no chance she's taking over the business but we'll see.....

 

Wonder what people think the most interesting trading terminal for kids is? And the best for kids learning to be traders? I'm using PT multistation at the moment, which is pretty graphical, colorful, and was pretty intuitive to learn for me...!

[MadMarketScientist 11]

That's a very interesting question. I'm not sure on that one. I haven't thought much about the simplicity -- I do think Tradestation is very visual and so customizable on screen that it's fairly easy to work with.

 

I'm sure though there are better options for someone younger starting out.

[Bfbusa 10]

Hi James,

 

It's been a very long time since I was here and just saw this post. Very Very belated congrats. Are you planning on more?

[Donaldb74 10]

That's really cute.

A daughter is a gift of love.

[Mariaoffw72 0]

Congratulations on your new daughter, I'm sure it will give you many joys and I wish you good luck.

[CrazyCzarina 17]

It was totally old post, I think he is no more active here and his daughter might be 9 year old as it was such old post.

[Mordegg291 0]

Congratulations! It's a beautiful baby.