You know you've been trading too long when...

this is a list of funny quotes taken from different forex forums regarding the above statement. it is meant to be funny, but in some cases it is so true :))

You know you've been trading too long when...

- Your wife has to wait for a closing bid on other side of 100EMA for you to exit your position

- you would have no idea what day of the week it was if the markets didn't close on the weekend.

- you find weekends tedious and boring, and actually enjoy Mondays because it means the markets are open again

- When your body clock revolves around the market opens

- You used to watch porn, now you just watch charts all day and read forex forums

- When you sit by the water watching the magnificent sunset over the mountains on the island out in the bay, and you think, as you look at the silhouette, "triple divergence"!

- When you see a car numberplate starting GBP, and you think, "Hmm, maybe I'd better check how my cable trade is going

- when u hear the words stop and limit it means something else to you

- when you dream of scalping pips on horseback while wearing war paint

- Your idea of a REALLY exciting Friday night is to sit at home with a glass of wine, and/or bowl of popcorn, to trade the Non Farm Payrolls

- Your biggest turn-on for the week is watching those sexy white candles filling and rising up...

- you've conveniently repositioned your bed / matress so you can see price move during sex

- you no longer accept modern art in any other form than TA charting

- your armchair has a post-it that reads "Pip Commander"

- you can quote at least 8 currently applicable currency pair prices off the top of your head any day of the year

- you can talk longer and more enthusiastically about interest rates than about sex and sports 

- When you can't pay your mortgage because good money mangement won't allow you to write a check for more than 2% of your checking account

- When choosing the caliber of restaraunt for a first date you need to seriously consider the risk to reward ratio.

- you finally deem it unwise drop your shorts and expose your hedge at a news event.

- when you try to teach your girlfriend to trade

- when a stop loss becomes your only form of using protection

One of my favorites is 

- when you try to teach your girlfriend to trade. A funny conversation came up one day with a friend of mine a while back

Moni: and how are things going with your girlfriend ?

Me: great

Moni: have you taught her forex ?

Me: no

Moni: that means you don't love her yet

=)) :|