longevity

Trading in twilight: sleep deprivation makes you a worse investor

“We test whether mental alertness, as proxied by sleep disruption, impairs investor trading performance. Using four complementary approaches, we document that retail investors who experience a later sunset time on average earn lower abnormal returns on their trades.”

https://www.nber.org/papers/w33477

I did my postdoc research on sleep and discovered new genetic variants for sleep duration and timing (when you want to wake up and go to bed)

the one sleep advice I have is don’t try to change what your natural rhythm is to meet some weird Saratoga water ideal—if you work best late then just wake up late

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what if your natural state is anxiety induced insomnia

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ya we can move the ok banger show if u need (for serious)

if you are up for re-discovering/calibrating to your natural state

here’s an experiment similar to what is recommended for meditation retreats

sleep without minding the alarm or schedule for a few days to catch up on sleep debt

then see where you naturally land

that might be closer to one’s natural rhythm