Trading Discipline

For a professional athlete to perform their best and to minimise long term damage or short term strain, they need to do a set of stretching exercises. Flexing their joints and stretching out their muscles. For the professional trader, I think it is important for us to stretch our skills before we get into any 'strenuous' trading. With the athlete, by not stretching they risk their level of performance in that race, and in future races. Conversely, I found that from my own experiences, if I hadn't done a few trial trades or "trading exercises" before I hit my "trading groove", my trading would be seriously stuffed.