trading on west coast

Hey guys,

As I'm planning to move to the US, there's one problem that I'm dealing with. I'm talking about time zones. So far for me as a day/swing trades situation has been pretty much perfect. I trade mostly London and London/NY crossover, and I live in the UK. Regular trading session starting at 8AM and I'm usually done before 9-5 guys go to lunch. Now the situation changes dramatically when You subtract 8 hours and combine it with full time college course (which is what I'm planning to do). So I guess what I'm asking is, for You guys who live in the PACIFIC ZONE, how do You deal with that. I figured that if I wanted to trade London from the beginning I'd have to get up at midnight, which means going to bed at 5PM. Or maybe just setting orders at around 11PM for the night would suffice<--- with trailing stops ?? maybe to get up around 3AM and see how's it going?? Really don't know... Any help would be appreciated.

You can focus on NY market which starts at 8 AM EST or 5 AM PST. Ofcourse that will mean early morning for you, but will give you atleast 3-4 hrs everyday to trade.

Otherwise you can focus on trading on daily charts as in that case you have to trade at end of trading day.

yeah, you would have to stay up late or wake up early lol. its hard to trade the whole euro shift in california. your best bet would be to trade the US session like the guy above me said.

Just plan on having a constantly changing sleep pattern but try and get at least 4 hours at a time. I go back and forth between Asia/London and London/NY overlap depending on what news events are happening and ...my training/party schedule!
JQ2

thx guys for replies. Yup, I'm gonna have to figure sth out, cuz orders alone are not gonna cut it. I guess trading NY might be the answer. THX

Best option may be is to switch to Futures.
Considering it myself, as I do spend time on a West Coast from time to time.

Stick to the higher timeframes that way you won't have to worry about time zone trading.