Forex trading is an addiction for many people. They can spend hours upon hours in front of their computer screen, reading charts and looking for any small trading opportunity they can come up with.

However, is this really investment or trading? To me it seems like a job, not a way to financial independence. If you spend all of your free time focusing on trading, you don't really have a life, do you? Remember, the money isn't the objective, it's the means by which you can achieve that objective.

So, how do you trade Forex and still enjoy your spare time?

1. You give up scalping and day trading - This truly requires you to be glued to your screen and you don't really get any time to yourself. You might as well stick to your 9 to 17 job. There's little difference.

2. You get into a routine with which you do your analysis and market monitoring at set hours each day and not one second longer. You need to be disciplined. You will be surprised but you might even make more money this way.

3. You don't trade outside of one time frame per day. You can make more than 1 trade, but you determine a period of a few minutes each day in which you can trade and that's it. No more.

4. You use automatic software to do the monitoring, signal analysis, and the actual trading for you. There are some excellent software in the market place which can do a lot of the work for you. Realize that this is a business, not a job. Invest some money in it and enjoy your freedom more.

This is how you trade Forex and still have a life.