Does Weed Smoking Decrease Performance

[rock]

I would think its fine as long as you don't ever do it.

[thetradingdoctor]

My personal opinion on this has nothing to do with what I think about whether marijuana should be legalized or not, nor does it have to do with the long or short terms of smoking weed. It has to do with staying strong and clear in body and mind.I can only give you the benefit of my own personal experiences and of many hundreds of traders which whom I have associated over the years. Health is the most important factor in our lives. When we lose our health, we lose everything. Moderation in all things is a very good way to live and to think. Unfortunately, many cannot be moderate. They go to excesses in one way or the other. This can be particuarly true in professions such as trading where the stress level can get quite high. I think about Nick Leeson and many other stories where traders got so full of themselves that they took to excessive drinking, gambling, street drugs, etc.
For a while, this will probably be OK, especially when a person is in their late teens or 20's. However, if continued, it will wear down the body through deterioration of the immune system. The mind will become less strong and health will suffer ( both mental, physical and spiritual). Trading success is a marathon, not a sprint. It is our job as traders to take personal responsibility for our capital- financial, mental, emotional, physical and spiritual. I would never condemn anyone for his or her choices, because I don't want anyone to condem me. I have written a lot about my story and what happened to my health in 1990. I can tell you, it was a nightmare and it is a miracle that I survived.

The answer to the question about weed is that you must make your own choices in life. If you want to live long and prosper so as to appreciate the hard-earned fruits of your labor, then it is your responsibility to take care of yourself and keep yourself in peak condition.

If any of you is having challenges with addictions, including eating or drugs, or would like to know about the work I do with wellness and longevity, please do not hesitate to write to me and thanks!

Doctor Janice

[feb2865]

	Quote:	The Bear
	Here's something strange, but I can't say that it's for sure related to the weed smoking. This month i'm in a net profit position and I feel very alert in the morning (most days). I stopped smoking 1 week prior to the end of June, and i'm able to trade in the mornings. Last month the dealer would only sell me 4g. and not 1g. like I wanted (I don't smoke heavily obviously) so I was FORCED to smoke it all (because I don't like wasting any) and it took me a good part of the month. Last month I was in a net loss position. Because of the repeated smoking at night, I would have trouble getting up in the morning to stare at my monitors, and I would literally start falling asleep and I would go back to bed for a bit and wake up again around noon, to watch the lunchtime doldrums and start trading again. I don't know what depression is like because I don't think i've ever had it, but I will tell you that during these smoking binges, I feel very groggy and have a general nasty feeling in my head during the day when I haven't smoked. It quickly goes away once I re-inject the weed. The bullet to the temple was back in the winter when those ass wipes at the NYMEX started opening the oil & gas trading at 9am instead of 10am. This pissed me off because I liked the extra sleep. I like staying up late. I think it comes from my youth when I was a DJ, clubber, and raver. My trading this year is doing pretty good...not amazing..but decent. I don't know what equity curve means. I'll read that article paul. Cooter, people in Toronto smoke in the public all the time. I'm pretty certain that if cops catch you, they usually just seize the substance and let you go with no ticket (it's happened to people I know), as long as you don't have pounds or ounces on you. I wouldn't doubt that they go and smoke it themselves..and eat tim hortons donuts after. It probably depends on the cop and what mood he's in....if he want's to exercise his power and control...I honestly think they are after the sellers not the people with small personal amounts. (DELETED SECTION JUST CAUSE IT'S NOT POLITE FOR A LADY TO READ ) -MrPaul

Remains me about L.A back in '87...

oh those good ol' memories..you could walk on venice beach with your girl holding hads and passing the joint no fears of getting caugth

[Robert2617]

The best times I've ever had I can't remember.

[walterw]

	Quote:	Robert2617
	The best times I've ever had I can't remember.

jejejej good one Robert ¡¡ ... well thats part of aging uhh ?... any way best times should be today... cheers Walter.

[BlowFish]

I recommend speed to keep you alert and focused with a good hallucinogenic to aid the creative process a couple of tranquillisers will probably stop it being to stressful. All these pills are likely to leave you with a dry mouth, Vodka is a fairly neutral beverage to wash it all down. You may need heavy duty sleeping pills at the end of the day. If you fancy a recreational spliff at the same time, sure why not :rolleyes::roll eyes:

[notouch]

The Bear, from some of the posts you've made in the past it doesn't surprise me that you smoke cannabis. You seem not quite with it at times. E.g. your desire to trade the Big Dow because "bigger is better" even though people kept telling you it would be better to just trade multiple YM contracts shows you lack logical reasoning and perspective, which is typical of someone who smokes cannabis.

[TinGull]

	Quote:	walterw
	any way best times should be today... cheers Walter.

What a nice quote...I really like that.

[MrPaul]

Up with hope, down with dope!

hahaha

[The Bear]

You guys are hilarious. Lately i've been feeling pretty f-in good - i've been dabbling in Crystal Meth - pretty good stuff :no:


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