im not even trading at the moment, just waiting for bter to enable withdraw so I can stake my coins in my wallet.
Sorry if this is a stupid question but is it possible to encrypt your wallet and still stake at the same time?
Yes, If you unlock your wallet only for staking

Thank you, can you remind me how I can do that, I recall you have to set it for a period of time in the console or something, but I don't remember the commands
No, just send your coins to the wallet. Encrypt it. Restart the wallet and then click the Icon for unlocking. There is a tick, where you can choose whether you want to unlock it only for staking or not.