I work a full time job. Meetings back to back, I can't be staring at charts at 10am when the market opens. So intraday was never realistic for me. Swing is basically the only style that fits a normal life.
But here's the thing nobody really talks about. The trading part isn't the hard part. The prep is. Every evening or Sunday I sit down to build a watchlist for the week, and it's just hours of scrolling through charts trying to figure out what's actually setting up vs what only looks pretty. By the time Monday opens I've half forgotten why some of the tickers are even on the list haha.
So I wanted to ask the people here who actually do this around a job:
\- How much time do you spend on prep each week, and when do you do it?
\- Do you plan the whole week on the weekend, or check in every night?
\- How do you decide what makes the watchlist vs what you skip?
\- And how do you not fumble the execution when the alert fires and you're stuck in a meeting?
Genuinely trying to build a routine I can stick to instead of winging it every single week. What actually works for you?