I spent some time earlier this week in Southern California w/ a very successful trader and good friend who told me a great story about a time still fresh in his memory when his success or failure hung inthe balance. It was 1980 and he and his woman had just given up thier day jobs and opted to have him trade their savings full time. Things took a turn for the worse almost immediately, and he was losing money at a precipitous pace -- far more then he used to make at his slow and steady pace when he had a day job. At that point he was having trouble concentrating, and eating and, no surprise, sleeping. One weekend they ... (full story)