It takes an incredible amount of discipline to save and delay gratification. But I believe that it can be trained. You have to force yourself, then it gets easier.
Yup, but it also took a lot of discipline to be a starving university student for 6 long years while your high school friends were getting the girls and driving around in fancy cars because they had jobs (they skipped university).
At some point you deserve to enjoy the fruits of your labour. Got to do it while you are still young enough. Too soon you will be one of those 24/7 porch people.
Wow, you must get a lot of discounts and special treatment. Do you also have the "favourite client" secret phone number?
Very true, especially if that person is the person on the side, and you have cash outflows on two fronts. As far as the op thread is concerned, I play the options market besides my own job (fairly high paying) but the excess cash comes from the market. On a conservative basis you could make $500 extra a day, on good days its not unusual to make $3000 to $4000 extra a day. On some of my best days I have achieved $ 15,000 to $ 20,000 per day. Of course there have also been down days but if you have the margin to hang on and sufficient positions that are diversified it all good. Usually bat about 90%. So this spending on SPs is really not much of a concern. It more a matter of the recovery period between sps that's my weak link so to speak.
What options do you play to make $500 a day? Are your writing covered calls? Selling put options?
A lot of guys have credit card debt that they can't pay off.
It probably has more to do where you are and where "they" are in their lives -- e.g. you're just starting out and they are established in their careers (some might even be ready or are retired). Accordingly, these johns have more disposable income. This "hobby" is not for the young -- unless they're rich kids from woodbridge.
