I have two sons - Lawson and Beau. They are my world.
One day, my world almost fell apart. My wife called me in a panic.
There was blood in my youngest son's diaper. He was only 4 months old. And needed to have emergency surgery.
Long story short, he needed to have part of his intestines removed to stop the internal bleeding.
It was gut wrenching to watch my son in pain...
But it was even harder knowing that I couldn't do a single thing except sit in a waiting room, just wishing and praying…
That day was a wake up call.
At the time, I was working full-time as a Forex instructor.
I was working long hours; 10-12 hour days kind of long, and also trading.
I was completely exhausted. Most days I walked around like a zombie.
I was never home with my family.
And what's worse. I was a hypocrite.
Here I was preaching about how trading was all about freedom and doing what you want... And yet I was miserable.
I ended up leaving that job and committed to trading full time.
3 months flew by being only a trader and working from home.
I got bored. I was going stir-crazy being in the house all the time.
And to be honest - my wife was ready to get me out of the house.
I missed teaching. And talking to other traders. That's when I decided to start my own company -- Traders Agency. And the rest is history.
During my "time off", I started looking at different markets. Like the Futures, in particular.
For the most part, the same rules I knew as a Forex trader could be applied to Futures.
So I started placing some trades.
Then I started testing out a new strategy I had been working on for awhile.
And I was getting results. Really good results.
Honestly, it was better than I ever expected.
Most of the time, I was hitting my daily trading goals, and some days, I'd blow right past it.
But other days - not so much.
I'd get too cocky. I'd switch up my strategy, thinking I was smarter than the market.
Anyway - you can see my strategy here.
Proud Dad & Owner of Traders Agency,
Joshua Martinez
P.S. I set another trading goal for myself.
My goal is to spend less time in front of my computer and still increase my overall gains.
See how I'm doing it during a live demo. (Don't worry - it's free)
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