{"id":402839,"date":"2022-06-22T12:55:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T04:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/library\/philosophy\/2024\/07\/blood-pressure-trading-kills\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T14:41:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T07:41:57","slug":"blood-pressure-trading-kills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/library\/blood-pressure-trading-kills-402839\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Pressure -> Trading kills :)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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well, after \u201cmining data<\/a>\u201d for about 2 months, I found some interesting patterns that do relate and may provide a solution.<\/p>\n

it\u2019s clear at this point that the main factor for the blood pressure is STRESS, which brings a problem in itself, as in a country where everyone is pretty much asleep 24\/7 this isn\u2019t really \u201ca thing\u201d so a doctor will guess on things like this last, just because of how things are. additionally, it\u2019s not \u201cjust stress\u201d it seems to be some specific type (more on that later)
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\nfirst, what I have found out so far
\n(in the order I was told by the doctor and generally people around me)<\/p>\n

Smoking<\/strong><\/h2>\n

tiny or small impact.<\/em><\/strong>
\nI tested this by not smoking for serval hours after going out of bed, which should have lowered the overall nicotine levels already)
\nthere was a tiny average impact (+\/- 4 mmHg) however there may be other factors in play since this change was much smaller than the average fluctuation in measurements.<\/p>\n

Exercise<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Interesting outcome (definitely some meaningful impact)<\/strong><\/em>
\nthere seems to be somewhat of a short-term impact, I noticed every time playing VR, even with the pulse much higher of the resulting exercise,
\nthe blood pressure itself was always lower than when started, additionally, last weekend went out with some friends to fly some drones, I did bring the device with me and measured even in somewhat stressful situations,
\nthe pressure seemed down as well (not down as in normal but in the 130 range)<\/p>\n

Sleep<\/strong><\/h2>\n

overall well-being sure resulting in less stress and has a lower pressure as an effect.
\nMy average sleep time is around 6.5 hours, and with the data gathered, this is NOT ENOUGH!
\nevery time i did sleep between 8 \u2013 8.5 Hours, the general feeling during the day is much better.
\nhowever, there may be some conflict in the data, as i do generally feel tired resulting of the general stress almost all the time, this needs some more investigation.<\/p>\n

Stress<\/strong><\/h2>\n

MAJOR IMPACT!!<\/strong><\/em>
\nin my own conclusion, Stress is the key factor, however, there is no real Baseline, it seems this is far more affecting on a psychological rather a physical level.<\/p>\n

Trading Related<\/strong>.
\nwhile writing this, my blood pressure raised to 162\/110 while i have a Forex position that is well in profit but still holds a 0.05% exposure to the capital.
\nnothing really to be worried about, yet the numbers show a different picture.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Below is a chart outlining my trading positions in relation to the blood pressure and the weekends, it show\u2019s very clear that the actual Financial exposure, has little to do with how the stress is applied,
\nthe correlation rather seems to be on the conviction itself and less about the financial outcome. this needs some more exploration!<\/strong>
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precision om measurements<\/h2>\n

some (actually a lot) articles, Doctors\u2019 advice, and general consensus about this topic suggest a \u201ccheck\u201d every few weeks\/months or even yearly.
\nhowever, my pressure does fluctuate massively, this does beg the question:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • are the measurements actually accurate?<\/li>\n
  • is the general consensus nonsense?<\/li>\n
  • or is that just because in my case the pressure is generally high?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Will ask this on Reddit, let\u2019s see what other people\u2019s opinion is about this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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