Kardec Trader explains how trading lets you choose your hours, then describes the mental exhaustion after huge days like $40k profits. His fix: split the trading day in half, reset at noon, and hit the gym before the afternoon session.
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Showing up in the trading space is I think very interesting because we can choose when we want to show up and we don't want to show up if I don't show up tomorrow nothing happens right I just don't make money or lose money for that day, you know so that's one thing I love about trading that I can choose pick and choose when I want to show up and I don't want to show up in terms of running businesses it is very hard because if you trade and you even have a good trading day which is crazy like I've had days where I'll make 40 grand, 30 grand, even 15 grand and I'll be so, so dead by 12 where my brain has no thinking capacity left the way I've kind of tackled that is I would break my day down in half where at 12 I would reset my day I'll go to the gym, I'll go to sauna I'll like completely disengage from trading and then I'll continue my work day at.