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From my experience there appears to be one problem that seems to be universal to all traders, whether they’re professionals trading in large banks or funds, or part-timers trading from their home. It’s called performance anxiety. Performance anxiety afflicts even accomplished individuals in sports and games of skill such as poker and chess. It occurs when awareness of the performance, and especially the outcome of the performance, interferes with the actual act of doing the performing or trading.
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James, T. (2016). Trading Psychology. In: Commodity Market Trading and Investment. Global Financial Markets. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-43281-0_10
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