We received this question from the trading community, which we will pose to our trading community for your comment:<\/p>\n
My question is about training during the off-season. The month of August is typically known as a slow month. As a result, next month (August 2010) I’m going to be away from my desk, I’m taking a trip down to the Dominican Republic \/ Haitian border to do some missionary work for the month of august. I strongly feel that giving back to others and sharing our blessings goes hand in hand with our privilege to trade. During this time I plan on reading some trading books, articles and reviewing my videos.<\/p>\n
It’s my understanding that athletes like Payton Manning and Alex Rodriguez do not take breaks. They actually work, plan, and prepare during the off-season, this helps give them an edge over the other players that are doing nothing. It would be very interesting to get your approach on the so called “August Off- Season” and “Off-Season” training ideas for traders.<\/p>\n
Can’t wait to hear from you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/p>\n
\nQuestions for the Trading Community:<\/strong><\/p>\n1) Do you take off from trading? If so when and for how long?
\n2) Do you work on your trading game while taking time off? If so what do you do?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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