[AIMS] Activate The Zone - How Trade in the Zone [Download PDF]

[immy]

Activating the Zone State! How to trade using the State of "Knowing without knowing how you know"

[Update 18th of Feb 2015]

AIMS Stress Free Trading - Activating the Zone V2.7.pdf

[arjanbg]

I am preparing a trading plan and so far I came up with the following things to get in the zone and stay in the zone. As far as I know I came up with the folowing excersizes. Comments are welcome \m/

*Off trading, Preperation-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Autogenis traning - 10 min
http://www.itradeaims.net/forum/viewtopic.php? f=45&t=1271&p=25152&hilit=autogenic#p25152
- Morning pages - 20-45 min
http://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/morning-pages/
- Creative imagination, As if 5- 15 min.

*Off trading, Break---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Breathing - 3-5 min
Paced Breathing - Android-apps op Google Play
with 4 seconds breathing in and 6 seconds breathing out with no paused space.
meditation - 15-30 min
Power pose - 2 min
Mirror self talk - Proud and grateful 2-5 min
Stand in front of the mirror smile to myself and name 5 things of which I can be proud and grateful for.

*Trading, Stay in the zone-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FOCUS on what I want
WHAT IF the best thing would happen
Emotional balance scale
T20 power of NEXT
Cue Cards

[immy]

I am preparing a trading plan and so far I came up with the following things to get in the zone and stay in the zone. As far as I know I came up with the folowing excersizes. Comments are welcome \m/

*Off trading, Preperation-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Autogenis traning - 10 min
http://www.itradeaims.net/forum/viewtopic.php? f=45&t=1271&p=25152&hilit=autogenic#p25152
- Morning pages - 20-45 min
http://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/morning-pages/
- Creative imagination, As if 5- 15 min.

*Off trading, Break---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Breathing - 3-5 min
Paced Breathing - Android-apps op Google Play
with 4 seconds breathing in and 6 seconds breathing out with no paused space.
meditation - 15-30 min
Power pose - 2 min
Mirror self talk - Proud and grateful 2-5 min
Stand in front of the mirror smile to myself and name 5 things of which I can be proud and grateful for.

*Trading, Stay in the zone-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FOCUS on what I want
WHAT IF the best thing would happen
Emotional balance scale
T20 power of NEXT
Cue Cards

Hey thats a great summary of all the techniques I've used and recommend. However doing the whole list could be "stressing" hehe...

I do 10 min Meditation which includes the breathing exercise in itself.
I don't do autogenic anymore. Once a year I might do it for 4 weeks.
Power Pose has become a second nature so I'm kind of always standing in that pose in the gym.
Mirror self talk is great but due to my kids and them denying my privacy its just impossible. but at a stage in life its necessary.
Smile... that's the firs thing I do when I wake... up... look at mirror and SMILE...

Great list mate... well done

[arjanbg]

Thank you, for your reply . It is great to know that I am on the right track. It is great idea to do the autogenic excersize for weeks each year. I meant to make this list to give myself an overview to:

1) to make my mind brighter when its dark and clouded with unsupportive thought or a stressed body. So my mind will re-enter the zone and stay there .
2) to prepare my mind to enter the zone and stay relaxed, focus, enjoyed and self trust stateful mind before I begin with a trading session.

This overview helps me and can allow other to pick one excersize as preparation and one for a break to stay in a great state of mind. I also noticed that when I did the autogenis traning and morningpages as preparation that was a lot for me to take, and thereby put a lot of pressure on myself. I think it is best to pick one thing and practise it until we become unconsious competent and then move to the next. And after a period of time practice consciously the same excersize again, so the ideas become fixed in our minds (habits).

I noticed when we have goals and a great expectation it is a hack of a lot easier to jump out of bed each morning and SMILE to the world and ourselves.

Mirror self talk is a great excersize when given a lot of emotion and body movement. When we have kinds they most of the times are mirrors of ourselves. So talking to them can be a excersize of it s own :-bd