Meditation & Manual Trading

Hi,

I thought it would be worth opening a thread with that topic.

All I want to say is that went I started to do some serious meditation around 4 years ago,

I realized that it helped me with regard to my manual trading / execution.

I firmly believe that meditation

- allows you to use more of your brain capacity
- allows you to relax more during your sleep / recovery
- enables you to think clearer, quicker and better
- etc.

Do not get me wrong; it is NOT easy. The first year was very difficult.

Also, I do the "kundalini" meditation which is NOT just the more buddhist "think nothing" meditation but rather involves techniques such as "visualizations".

I also use various sounds, such as these:

Anyone who is involved in the STRAINING business of manual short-term trading;

I recommend you to meditate.

It will help you A LOT.

FF

I don't think I've ever attempted meditating to ease any stress, be it related to trading or not, but it is certainly worth a try.

Im really interested about this topic, it´s great that you opened a thread about this, hope to know more about your insights and experiences with meditation and mindulness.

What if we maeditat without muic. Since music distracts concentration.

Try this one, you should!



or this one

that beach backsound is super chilling. Thank you COGSx86

Needed that advice and perfect timely for this video, thank you!

I have seen visual and auditory guides for your breathing that do not involve music, you could try those instead.

"I firmly believe that meditation

- allows you to use more of your brain capacity
- allows you to relax more during your sleep / recovery
- enables you to think clearer, quicker and better
- etc."

Actually you're wrong bro. You use less of your brain but that that is used is super charged if practiced by an experienced practitioner using a proper method.
Your brain is a receiver of consciousness not an emitter of consciousness as commonly thought. Quieting the mind through proper meditation (not the guided type) allows the brain to displace emotion and conceptions with observation instead of reaction. This is exactly what most day traders need to develop. Unfortunately, most forms of meditation result in a state of mind not conducive to trading, i.e. the passive observer state. Sitting in a lotus position, humming your favorite mantra, while trying to trade just don't cut it.

The benefit of meditation to a day trader is the disconnect from knee jerk reactions/emotion centered decision making. Simple as that. The exercise of meditation is just that, an exercise. If you want to add a bunch of "woo woo" spiritual stuff to it, that's great but not needed to get the benefit day traders are seeking.

That benefit is not that hard to achieve if you're dedicated and know the proper way to meditate.