Krav69 

Not that I would know how to hide from my bosses while I checked my stocks or anything....

I am lucky in that I don't need to hide this, however, if swing-trading or if holding for the longer term, it is quite easy to just set up everything using stop and/or limit orders. Do most of your homework at night, decide on potential buy points and place your orders. Use OTO orders and you can set up your stop-losses as well. No monitoring needed.

If I pay more in $30 to Interactive Brokers in commissions a month (to avoid their $10 minimum charge), I usually have a bad month. If I just ride the positions out, I tend to have good months.

It is also a lot easier to let your profits run if you don't monitor the trades all the time. It is just one way to avoid self-sabotage.

grausch 

. . . If I pay more in $30 to Interactive Brokers in commissions a month (to avoid their $10 minimum charge), I usually have a bad month. If I just ride the positions out, I tend to have good months. It is also a lot easier to let your profits run if you don't monitor the trades all the time. It is just one way to avoid self-sabotage.

This is good advice.

As the saying warns: penny wise, pound foolish.