Uberman – could it help trading Betfair?

Can the Uberman Sleep Schedule Help Trading Betfair?

This week, I managed to stumble across a podcast online between Tim Ferriss (author of The 4-Hour Workweek) and Matt Mullenweg (creator of WordPress). It was pretty lengthy, but I found it interesting as they discussed various “life hacks,” one of which Mullenweg said helped him to get far more done and increase alertness and focus.

Polyphasic sleep, if you haven’t heard of it before, is the routine of sleeping multiple times in any 24-hour period. There are several different types of polyphasic sleep, although the most extreme is the Uberman schedule. After listening to the interview, it left me thinking: could it help me with trading on Betfair? I’m not really sure just yet, but I intend to find out!

So what is the Uberman routine? Basically, it involves taking 20-minute naps regularly (every 4 hours). Adapting to the routine can be pretty tough, which makes it the most attempted and failed of all the different routines. Hopefully, I’ll crack it. I’ve been going for 48 hours so far without too much drama, and I had a decent afternoon of trading today. One of the main benefits of the routine is that you have far more time on your hands, although I can imagine if you have a day job or several children it makes things pretty hard.

When trading Betfair’s horse racing markets, it seems to fit just fine for me. I’m napping at 1, 5, and 9 both morning and night. So it’s kind of ideal since the racing starts around 2 p.m. and goes until 5:30 p.m., and if there’s an evening card too, I can dabble in that. One of the most refreshing things I’ve found so far is that after each nap, I feel far more alert. So sleeping from 1 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. leaves me pretty focused, and then again at 5:20 p.m., I’m raring to go once more. Previously, I’d get a little slack and lose focus halfway through a full day’s trading.

I’m not sure how it’ll end up in the long run, but for now, trading Betfair seems to fit in pretty well with it! And Betdaq, of course. Which reminds me: just lately the Betdaq markets have felt a little “fuller” than previously. Hopefully, that’ll continue on the lead-up to the Cheltenham festival, as it can be a real kick in the nuts to pull out a big result and have a chunk of it taken off you in commission.

If you want to learn a little about all the different sleep routines you should really check it out!