Every so often, I am contacted by new traders that are on the verge of becoming profitable traders, but at that point they suddenly stop trading. One of the reasons that these traders often give as to why they cannot continue trading, is that they are unable to spend eight hours per day in front of a computer. Initially, that might seem to be a reasonable reason, but it is not, and it is actually quite an odd reason.
Firstly, spending eight hours per day sitting in front of a computer is not necessarily part of being a professional trader. Many professional traders do spend their day trading (and making a lot of money by doing do), but there are also professional traders who only spend a few minutes trading each morning (or evening).
Secondly (and the odd part), many of the new traders that use the excuse that they cannot spend eight hours per day in front of a computer, are doing exactly that anyway, but they are doing so in an office, while they are working for someone else.
So, if you are one of the traders that is content to spend the same eight hours per day working for someone else, but not trading for yourself, consider what an odd excuse that is, and recognize that it is actually fear that is holding you back, and nothing to do with how you can or can't spend your day.