How do you manage stress?

[Nick1984]

That workout in the youtube clip has a lot of plyometrics in it which is really good for MMA fighters or any fighter in general as it helps to develop explosive power through speed.

That being said to relieve stress I have two things that do the trick each time. I love to exercise and play sports. Secondly is sex. Sex is a fantastic stress relief! I find that if I haven't had a root at least 3-5 times a week I can't function but thats probabbly a lot to do with my age at the moments haha.

Reading/films are also great to relax my mind. I strongly believe in the old mens sana in corpore sana motto.

[torero]

I was trading badly for almost this entire week, I had thought about taking the day off this Friday. My confidence was starting to shake, especially about my system. Stress level was ok, I didn't lose big per trade, so no major stress was taking hold of me. Instead of taking the day off, I decided to get back to basics and focus on execution and not let the losses drive my next trade. I actually meditated for about 10 minutes before market open, going through the motions in my mind how to get the executions perfectly and running the list of rules I had to obey. Friday I managed to pull it off to almost breakeven. It was actually a relief to pull it off. I think I managed to stay stressless was the fact that keeping my losses per trade by the use of stop loss rules kept my nerves steady because it was one thing I did right so I was still confident in my discipline, despite other errors (ie. entries and overtrading). It was the first best lesson learned from my mentor, honor your stops and everything will care of itself (discipline, stress managed, and mental composure).

[darthtrader]

That bas workout is all plyometrics/pushups/situps...Basically 2 minute rounds of that, then a minute shadow boxing for a break. I can't believe how incredibly hard that is. Maybe i'll have to look into a heavy bag, I bet rounds on the heay bag is alot of fun too.

[dalby]

bas stuff looks pretty good.

i have done all sorts of workouts - run 2 marathons, done powerlifting and olympic lifting comps, etc.

the HARDEST thing was the 20 rep squat routine. period.

a la "super squats"

[maildigger]

Take the trade as the setup appears nomather what the market is doing
keep trading untill I hit daily goal
2 losing trades in a row = I stop trading

[rock]

I just bear it like everybody else.

If i become stressed over a bad trading day, exercise doesn't seem to work. I'll just feel sluggish through the workout and become frustrated. I think sleep helps most often. After some sleep, I can usually get a good workout.

I normally can't sleep at night if I am stressed. However, if I've had a physically demanding day, then I have no problem passing out without washing up. hell..i can sleep on the front porch by that point.

Today sucked. I made some pretty bone headed moves that has taken me back a couple of weeks. Its traumatizing because I couldn't capitalize on the opportunities that I recognized.

It's like getting knocked down to the ground and stomped on by the guy your girlfriend cheated on you with. Dragged through mud. Then looking up from the muddy pit to see the lamentations of your soon to be ex-girlfriend.

[Jakew]

1/Reading top trading literature - nothing relaxes me more than this activity.
2/Cutting down on time spent in front of the terminal - very helpful.
3/Long walks, sauna, and all the other forms of having good time - very helpful.