Better Trading by Better Breathing

Do you breath before, during and after you trade? If so, then you need the information in this week’s blog articles. Did you take a course in breathing in your MBA program?

I first learned about this technique from a karate master in Montreal. Decades later, I read about it in a book by Tony Robbins, entitled Unlimited Power, at p 171.

There’s a way to breathe that cleanses your lymphatic system, gives you an energetic feeling, and seems to improve mental clarity.

For traders, the most important benefit is that this breathing technique can be used to alter your mood so that you can trade “in the zone”, your ideal mental and emotional state.

Breathe in this ratio: inhale through your nose for one count, hold for four counts, then exhale through your mouth for two counts. The “counts” can be seconds, multiple of seconds or even minutes. For example if you inhale for 10 seconds, then you need to hold for forty seconds, and then exhale for twenty seconds.

When you inhale in this technique, you need to take deep breaths through your nose so that the air feels like it goes all the way down to your diaphragm. In fact, your diaphragm and midsection of your body needs to expand while inhaling to let in as much air as your lungs can hold. Your lymphatic system accepts the inhale part of your breathing as a vacuum that sucks toxins out of your blood system.

When you hold your breath in this technique, you are oxygenating your blood.

When you exhale in this technique, you are eliminating toxins that goes from your lymphatic system into your lungs.

Do only about 10 cycles of this inhale-hold-exhale at a time. Start with fewer repetitions until you have stronger lung capacity for more repetitions.

continued tomorrow ...

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