yes i did not take anything today, and yes about the on off cycling, sometimes i felt my head got clogged up (maybe says more about my state) and then i stopped doing supplements and would feel "light" again
do you also have some supplement free days, do you just focus on diet then
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market, well this seems a lot like brexit, but any drop will get bought i think, otherwise i guess it gaps above 2800
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I don't take that much non-food type supplements, mostly I mix drinks using extract versions of 'things that grow', not 'things from laboratories'.
My 'diet' is 50% 'green drinks', try to avoid sugar except chocolate because well, chocolate is single greatest food in existence lol ...don't eat
anything processed at all ..carbs from banana's mostly, some rice .. protein from fish mostly, organic chicken, fats ..lots of the good kinds.
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I love green drinks after workouts - kale, parsley, spinach, banana and dates. I stay away from all supplements, specially the synthetic stuff.
Sounds good Nav. Agree 100% about synthetic stuff, most supplements contain additives that are not great as well.
What kind of workouts do you do Nav?
I think in terms of nutrients. There are alot of nutrients in plants, herbs, roots, flowers that have potential health enhancing properties, and would be impossible practically to gather and or take in beneficial quantities. So, that is kind of 'supplement' I take - for example, certain mushrooms like cordyceps.
What I do not take, is vitamines for example, because much better to get in plant sources - or most of stuff on the 'health' aisles.
I ought to say, my motivation for managing my health is different to most people. In my case as relax knows, I was diagnosed 11 years ago with a serious health issue I nearly died from, that has no cure, only short term pharmacology for symptoms suppression, with disease progression and poor long term prognosis. So I experimented on myself over that period to find something that would help. It took about 8 years of an absolute 'living hell' trying over 300 substances, most did nothing, but a few helped, and now provided I take those I keep it under control and have good health,, better ironically than most people my age, something I was told literally was told was impossible. So like all quests for knowledge, its a journey, and there is no simple way to convey that knowledge just like say learning to trade, only the body-mind is even more of a 'complex dynamic problem' than markets. Nearly dying with 3 young children and being in constant pain and unable to function, is a strong motivator to 'think outside the box' when the box is empty. That doesn't mean I advise others to do same, but, that was my motivation. I was also 'lucky' to have scientific training, and self observatory ability.
Still, trading can be quite stressful, so managing that with exercise, mind-body 'stuff' is worth consideration for traders. No point trying to earn money trading
if it ends up reducing quality of life, or killing you earlier.
Wow. That's a terrible experience you have gone through. Glad you have recovered and doing well.
As for my workout, i do many things and try to balance them. I do deadlifts, a few dumb bell workouts, push ups. I had a skiing accident and dislocated my shoulder. So can't really do pull-ups. I also do running and i am an avid hiker. During warm weather, i do swimming. Sometimes my arm pops out when i vigorously swim. I have to a be very careful about my range of motion as it relates to shoulder, with any kind of workout or sports. Breathing is one of the most important exercise any human should do. I do yogic breathing i.e "Pranayam".
Trading stress is a function of trading frequency and leverage. When i reduced my leverage, my stress went away. When i decreased my trading frequency, i.e increased my trading horizon it came down further. Not trying to be pretentious, but i don't feel the stress of trading anymore. I do have my share of sh*tty weeks or months when i get 5 to 10 stop loss hits in a row, when it gets frustrating. But i usually shoot back from those painful episodes. Breathing exercises help a lot in managing stress.
