Gave up on stock started trading futures because of my job schedule. Started running into the same frustrations as I did with stock.

Everything seemed to happen when I was sleeping or at work.

Bought a laptop so I could look at market on break didn't help much.

Started to just watch. Noticed futures seemed most active between 3am-12pm

This week I tried a new course of action, day trading futures.

New rule set:

Focus on only one liquid instrument. No switching screens. Picked e-mini crude.

Stick to basics supply and demand, support and resistance and price action.

Take profit if profitable position re-traces 50%

Max daily loss of $75 to prevent over trading.

Keep losses small.

Always take profit at target

Watch and wait for breakout/breakdown enter on confirmation, out quick if confirmation fails.

I finished +400 on the week and am looking for more next week. Goal is 200-300 profit per day.

This new plan costs me some sleep and makes a 10 hour shift seem longer but after a week I need to see how long I can keep this up. If all I ever trade is crude I can live with that if it means being free of the daily grind.