It’s 2:55 AM. Your wife and kids are sleeping soundly upstairs, most of your neighbors have several hours remaining before their alarm clocks start beeping, and you’re sitting in front of the computer… waiting for the London Session to open.
As you finish your second can of Red Bull in a room lit solely by the glow of the computer monitor, you begin to wonder – has Forex taken over my life? Well, we’ve compiled a checklist to help you decide for yourself.
- All of your clocks are set to Greenwich Mean Time.
- Your kids’ allowances are based on a Moving Average.
- You refer to credit cards as margin accounts.
- The latest Beige Book copy is sitting next to your toilet.
- You worry more about a Descending Trendline than your own descending waistline.
- You sold your car for $5,000.1268.
- Your vacation destination is based on a favorable exchange rate.
- You ask your girlfriend to perform a Sentiment Analysis on your relationship.
- You ask the waiter for the spread on today’s specials.
- Your Web browser homepage is www.federalreserve.gov
- You decline when your wife offers you Kiwi for lunch since it looks like The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will lower interest rates this afternoon.
- You count Yen to fall asleep.
- Your dog’s name is Fibonacci.
Your Score
Did you answer yes to three or more on our checklist? If so, consider yourself hooked! Go outside (remember the outside?), play with your kids, take a vacation (after checking the USD/EUR, of course), or simply turn off your computer and go take a shower.
Feel better? Now, flip your computer back on, crack open another Red Bull, take a deep breath and look to see if the Bank of England raised interest rates yesterday… remember the market is always waiting for you!
