Getting Checked Out

So I’ve decided to head over to the hospital tomorrow morning for a complete check up. Over the past few weeks I’ve been feeling increasingly exhausted while my heart rate has shot up by about 20 beats or so. In addition I’ve lost almost 10 pounds in the past month although I’ve been eating well. Your guess is as good as mine as to the underlying cause [stress], which is why it’s time to get poked and prodded.

Honestly I’m a bit embarrassed about all this as I’ve always been a picture of health throughout my life. As long as I can remember I’ve been hitting the gym at least four times per week, usually five times or more. Never smoked, no drugs whatsoever, very healthy diet, only minor alcohol consumption – you get the idea.

And suddenly within a matter of a few weeks I’ve turned into a complete mess. Which isn’t just annoying – it’s frustrating as hell given how well I’ve always taken care of myself. I mean, I deserve to feel good and be healthy, right?

WRONG.

Life is all about loss and letting go. Accumulate enough years and something’s going to snap at some point. We try to delay the inevitable by living healthy but once we cross the big 50 entropy will increasingly assert itself. Yes, we fight it as best as we can but it’s a battle we are guaranteed to lose at some point.

As traders an illness or chronic condition can have a very profound effect on our ability to participate effectively. As you know I have often talked about various topics related to trading psychology. And a big aspect of that is an objective assessment of one’s mental as well as physical state of affairs. Buy my trading psychology course and you can listen to me blab on about it in detail.

Bottom line: A big aspect of resolving a problem is admitting its existence in the first place. It’s tough to be effective as a trader if you’re running on fumes. Which is why I’ll have to treat very cautiously at this point in order to not let a health problem affect my trading business.

Mrs. Market seems to be taking it easy on me as my ongoing campaigns are unfolding nicely. The E-Mini is now scraping the 2R mark which is why I’m advancing my trail to 1R.

Gold has finally triggered – and with a bit of luck all that volatility is going to resolve along the medium term trend, which is to the upside. Yes, I know – luck isn’t a strategy – but with the gold futures it sure can’t hurt 😉

Soybeans has resolved higher and it’s time to advance our trail to break/even. I have big plans for this one, which is why I’m going to keep trailing it loosely.

Same idea with corn, which is scraping almost 1.5R but I’m keeping my trail at break/even in anticipation of some late summer fireworks, and if possible going into early fall.

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