Smoking and Trading
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I don't smoke but have had to deal with the "stress daemons" myself. I've tried two things. First one was to measure my pulse when i felt i was getting nervous and try to get it low. Secondly, about two years ago i got one of the heartmath/emwave devices and have used that successfully. I left it on while trading and based on the feedback were able to manage the stress very well. Now i rarely use the device, but i think some sort of bio feedback is a great way to get yourself calmed down.
It's the mid 60's. I've been trying to meet mr. big, the guy with the weed by the carload, for months. Finally I get an introduction and I go to meet him at a house.. we chat a little, I buy a baggie and promise to come back with my bankroll if I like it.. [what weed is there that I would not like anyhow]... I'm a little nervous as I say my goodbyes, turn, open the door and walk into a closet...
To be continued....
I quit smoking before my trading career. It was hard then, but I did it. I feel for you. I'm in the group that still thinks about it now and again (been about 6 years). I don't wish that habit on anyone.
Because I want to be the best trader ever (hey, someone has to be the best, why not me?), trading actually helped me kick some other bad habits.
To stay attentive, I had to cut my sugar habit, and hit the gym. I drink lots of water, and am down to 1 can of soda a day. That's a big deal compared to what it used to be.
I was floored when one day I kept the empty cans on my desk instead of throwing them away. Eight cans in 8 hours. My teeth hurt thinking about it.
I hit the gym at 5am and work out at least 45 mins. I find I'm more focused than ever, and my equity curve smoothed out.
My advice: If you want to be the best, you're going to have to make some hard but smart decisions.
Because I want to be the best trader ever (hey, someone has to be the best, why not me?), trading actually helped me kick some other bad habits.
To stay attentive, I had to cut my sugar habit, and hit the gym. I drink lots of water, and am down to 1 can of soda a day. That's a big deal compared to what it used to be.
I was floored when one day I kept the empty cans on my desk instead of throwing them away. Eight cans in 8 hours. My teeth hurt thinking about it.
I hit the gym at 5am and work out at least 45 mins. I find I'm more focused than ever, and my equity curve smoothed out.
My advice: If you want to be the best, you're going to have to make some hard but smart decisions.
I've tried quitting. Once I quit for 11 days. Worst 11 days of my life.
I was in about a 70% panic mode every waking second.
Literal panic. All I could think of was how anxious I was.
My hands shook, I couldn't focus my eyesight on anything, my ear drums fluttered (weird huh?) so I couldn't hear very well.
I did quit the ciggies tho, and went back to my pipes.
Life is good!
I was in about a 70% panic mode every waking second.
Literal panic. All I could think of was how anxious I was.
My hands shook, I couldn't focus my eyesight on anything, my ear drums fluttered (weird huh?) so I couldn't hear very well.
I did quit the ciggies tho, and went back to my pipes.
Life is good!
I grew up outside of US. If was fashionable to spoke during my youth. Almost 1/3 of male teenagers and 1/2 of male adult smoked. I started with my first cig during my college freshman year. Four years later, I went to the military for 2 years as with all the able bodied men did. Our Army issued a cartoon of cigs for each soldier each month. Half of the soldiers who did not spoke simply gave them away to those who did. So, I got at least 2 cartoons with total 40 packs for each month. After discharge, I worked for a year back home. It was an air-conditioned building but all smokers smoked inside the office, so you can imagine how that smoke circulating all day and never went away.
Then, I got admitted to a US college to continue my graduate study. At the airport, I took out my last pack and handed to my mother. I don't think they sell the kind of brand I smoke in America, I told my mom. Besides, with my paltry scholarship, I didn't think I would have either the money nor the time to smoke.
After I landed In Seattle, I was so busy with my new life, and going thru cultural shock, I never felt the urge to spoke anymore. That was 1983, and I have not touched a cig since.
Life changing event might be another great cure of a bad habit.
Then, I got admitted to a US college to continue my graduate study. At the airport, I took out my last pack and handed to my mother. I don't think they sell the kind of brand I smoke in America, I told my mom. Besides, with my paltry scholarship, I didn't think I would have either the money nor the time to smoke.
After I landed In Seattle, I was so busy with my new life, and going thru cultural shock, I never felt the urge to spoke anymore. That was 1983, and I have not touched a cig since.
Life changing event might be another great cure of a bad habit.