Thread by @CryptoShadowOff

I often get a lot of messages about trading stress.

Read this thread if you need a few tips 👇

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Generally, correct trading method takes care of a lot of the stress in the markets.

Meditation and yoga are going to do nothing to you if you have not learned how to trade.

There is a myth that great psychology can supplement poor knowledge, wisdom or execution.

No.

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You will be infinitely stressed if you gamble your small amount of money, without knowledge to offer a shred of certainty in an uncertain market.

Which means learning setup categorization, market context, underlying fabric behind S/R....etc etc

(3)

But WHILST learning AND after you have a method

This is where you require habits and tools to keep your physiology

- Primed
- Constant
- Happy
- With minimum cortisol
- Concentrated
- Relaxed

Why?

It helps learn more quickly - and execute with consistency

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The basics start here

- You must sleep well every night
- You must prime your enviornment to be relaxing
- You must shut your phone off whilst sleeping
- You must be hydrated at all times
- You must do something outside of your computer daily

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Once this foundation has been put in place

Here are habits to keep your mind and physiology straight

- Meditation
- Pranayama
- Stretching
- Walking with binural beats
- Reading

Undertake these for 30-40 minutes in the morning
Undertake these for 20-30 minutes before bed

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This may 'seem' like a lot but it is not.

If you can't invest 30-40 minutes in your own mind and psychology

How in the world can you expect your execution to be consistent?

Execution is a product of your frame
A product of your perception
A product of your flexibility

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Weave them all into a quick and simple digestible routine.

Routine = Routine

Routine outside of the markets = Routine inside markets

(8)

Lastly - get rid of that garbage sugar packaged food

- If your blood glucose is spiking up and down daily
- It creates volatility
- Opposite of calm and consistency

This applies to heavy regular coffee and other garbage substances people take daily

(9)

In regards to this last point.

There are many great traders that have garbage habits and garbage eating tendencies.

But you are not them.

They likely are leagues ahead of you in knowledge.

Again. Wisdom can supplement poor psychology / physiology.

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But the truth of it is

- If your physiology and psychology is a mess
- And this mess does not gel with your trading

You must form a routine
Something to ground you daily
In one way or another

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Moving on from this .... If you are more experienced

But find even with routines you are still a mess

Check if it's a pyshiological/psychological issue

It may be that your method simply doesn't work for your personality

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Lastly....

Less data = Better execution

- Trade less but more on key setups
- Stick to HTF retests
- Don't trade too many things at once

And certainly don't compare yourself to a Twitter cartoon posting a 10,000% PNL shot

With absolutely no idea of who they are

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Additions

- Most traders blow up because they are under-capitalized
- Which makes them favour over risk rather than be averse
- Non competitive entries VERY likely will generate stress

&

-You cannot eradicate stress in trading
- Just minimize it

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I have no idea how I forgot this

- Get off your ass and workout 3-4 times a week
- You need blood flow
- And you need to relieve stress

If you are not working out idk what to tell your lazy ass