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Any Full Time ES Traders Here in AU/NZ?

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Thanks again CanOz.

I came on here married to the S&P. Call it my first true love but after thinking about all the alternatives available thanks to you guys (which I had little knowledge about), I plan to eventually divorce ES (which will be painful) and go with one of the other more suitable instruments. Will definitely make the wife and kids happier and that's a reward that's priceless.

Over the next year, I'll learn about the asian markets and the ones from TB's list above and how they move as my methodology (discretionary using volume profiling mostly) would be applicable to any market so no huge learning curve required.

Regarding sleep, yeah my experience is shaping up to be similar to yours and I've only been trading privately full time for about 2 years now. What a journey
 
Heres the depth on the FESX Eurostoxx Dec contract on IB's TWS.
 

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Hi,

I trade FX fulltime and my hours are ~6pm to 2/3am depending on open trades etc, prior to that I worked in FX in a bank on the London shift for 2 yrs. For me it just comes down to staying fit/healthy, the weekends I tend to try and hit bed earlier and Mondays I am up before Sydney open for any gap setups so I get a little variety which helps. But eating healthy/exercise daily is really a must, I tend to stay away from the screens until London open and use the time to get out as much as I can. Hope that helps

Matt.
 
Honestly don't understand why you're not used to those hours by now. Just... go to sleep at the same time each morning, and wake up at the same time each day. Your body should handle it fine after a couple of weeks, max. Get outside plenty in the arvo, and have a well lit work area. Make your room dark to sleep in, and I strongly recommend cotton-and-wax earplugs. Those things rock.

Sure you'll lose your weekend mornings, but that comes with the job. If you want to trade those hours, just shift your whole day over and stick to it.

Me, I've just switched my own trading from US time to Europe. Can get the kids from school, eat dinner while I trade, get to bed at a reasonable hour (usually an hour or two after the US open), sleep to 8am, easy. No big task to shift a little on the weekends when I have my kids, get up at 7 to make pancakes. At least, that's the plan - only just getting back into trading after a couple of years out of it.
 
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