You may well gather, that I trade from the Attic room of my family home.
Converting the Attic into a multi-functional space that feels good to work from but also gives my kids space to play is still a work in progress – but I’m getting there.
So lets wander up the stairs…
Because its a multi functional space, I don’t want any part of the room to be the focal point. With that in mind I wanted the room to be minimalist in design. With nothing to ‘in your face’.
I then built a combined shelving and desk unit in a discreet place right by the french doors. I’ve still got to do some finishing, but as you can see, it looks pretty neat and tidy.
I’m gonna completely box the PC in, moving the CD and DVD player so I can get access to them. I’m also gonna get some down lighters onto the keyboard, to create a relaxing ambiance when I’m toiling away late at night.
My son loves chilling out on the floor watching Bob the Builder. In fact he is now in love with Fireman Sam – I asked him the other day who he liked most me or Fireman Sam – He said Fireman Sam….
Once I’ve finished off the PC workstation, I’m starting work on what will be the ‘discreet’ centre piece of my Attic – a home theatre system. I plan on building an HTPC (Home Theatre PC) that I’ll use to store all my media (DVD’s, music, photo’s etc). I’ll also stream live TV through it, so it’ll have the functionality of sky+. I plan on hiding the HTPC in the storage space in the attic and cabling it up to a 40″ TV on the main wall- which is what you see on the left here.
I’ll also be able to display my charting software on the screen! which will make a refreshing change from looking at charts on 19″ screens!
Below is the view from the bed looking out of the French doors – obviously not much of a view at 11pm at night, but on a clear day its pretty cool.
hours if not days in without having to venture to far at all!!! 
Thought I’d show you what is stacked up in the en-suite! As you can see in this photo, I have a great collection of trading books.
I plan on writing a post summarising some of the trading books I’ve read.
I’m going to do a Top 10, so look out for that!!! Check out this link to my trading books
enjoyed the tour of the attic – looking forward to seeing the space develop into a fully operational mayfairesque fund hq kitted out with charles eames originals and rare coi carps! go the atticman. dd
Perhaps I should set myself some performance targets? Hit 20% and get myself a nice big Coi Carp pool!! (I could put it in the ensuite?) Hit 40% and get some Coi Carps to put in it?
I like the Trading Room, its so much different than any other trading floors I have seen especially since I was on the J.P. Morgan trading floor only last week.
It’s certainly a little different to JP Morgans trading set-up. I would hazard a guess they were able to invest a little more in their set-up than I was…….