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I'm in Europe and trading hours run across my working day, commute and family time. I don't think you need to be behind your computer continuously, but you will need time to learn the strategies and adapt positions if the market has moved away from the official trade entry. I think that the hour of market time you have available is little, but depending on your perseverence not impossible. You could also try and mimic the strategies in Asian markets. The think you can't (and shouldn't) do is treat this as an alert service.

Hi, Im in Thailand, I trade from 1am to 3am, when US mkts close here- then go back to bed and try and sleep lol. I find I need the 2 hours to do all the trading I need to do, including quite a lot of SO trades but there are a number of those, I won’t be able to get into because I missed the best pricing window from the SO alert and price for many, especially calendars, often doesn’t come back. So its best for me, as often said here, to see this as a learning service- even SO doesn’t match their returns, since commissions arnt included and the guys are experts and hard to replicate – I’m becoming a a better trader and more independent of SO. I tried trading the opening 2 hours but pricing can be a bit funky from mkt open and try not to trade open now, though I can’t help myself but be at screen when mkt opens, 8:30 pm here and do break my own rules and trade the open sometimes, usually regret it!

My experience starts in the 90's when I used to do phone trades with commodities. With the internet and such I passed the Series 7 and started trading stocks with Bright Trading in 2001 for a few years in their heyday. That tapered off a few years later with the introduction of high frequency trading. I just couldn't compete. I traded both stocks and options on my own after that with mixed success. Good enough to keep going but not making much. I have tried many services and am surprised when we actually get openings for new members, as Steady Options is easily the best out there for retail option traders from home. I hope to contribute by answering questions from these new traders as they come on line with us. The regular newbie questions that get asked again and again, whenever spots become available. I trade and understand the official Steady Options strategies and will help there as much as possible (allocations, how to get well priced fills, some of the whys), although there are obviously quite a few very advanced and knowledgeable people here. I trade full-time and am usually available, however I have been traveling the past few weeks.