Trading Stocks From Home vs. Trading From the Office
Most traders begin their career as an individual, discretionary Day Trader. An individual learns from experience, and that couldn’t be more true for a trader. Once a trader has some experience under their belt, they may consider trading stocks from home. Certain circumstances could prompt this desire to work from home rather than your firm’s office; perhaps you are new to an area and want to work for a company located in another state, or maybe you are already settled into your dream home, and find yourself in transition searching for a new firm to call home but the one you want to work with is located miles away. Many trading firms offer their traders the ability to trade from home, or from their office. While there are many advantages to both, we’ll evaluate the pros and cons in both situations, the requirements for successfully trading remotely, and the benefits of working in the office with other experienced traders. (more…)