The Pre-Market Carb Crash That Decides Hour-Three
It is Wednesday morning, and the bagel sits next to the keyboard with orange juice and coffee. The trader is at the…
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Health & Performance
Sleep, Recovery, Nutrition, Performance
The REM Debt That Decides Tomorrow’s Setup
1:30am, three more episodes, the trader tells himself the same thing he tells himself every Tuesday night. The screen goes off at…
The One Whoop Number Most Traders Read Wrong
Seven in the morning. The Whoop on the wrist read 38. The week before it had been 71. The trader felt fine.…
The Caffeine Cutoff Time That Decides Tomorrow’s Setup
The fourth coffee felt necessary. The third one already wasn’t. By the time the New York session opened, the trader had drunk…
The Sleep Score That Predicts Tomorrow’s Trade Day
48 minutes before the open. Coffee on the desk. The number on the wrist reads 71. Last week’s average had read 86.…
The HRV Number That Tells You Not To Trade Today
6:42am. Coffee on the desk. The market opens in 48 minutes. The number on the wrist is 38. Yesterday’s number was 64.…
The Sleep-Debt Trader: Why One Bad Night Costs You Three Trading Days
5 hours of sleep last night. Coffee at 6:50, the screen on by 7. The plan is sharp. The setups are marked.…