Trader Stress
Trader Stress is a major issue says the National Bureau of Economic Research in another recent biofeedback study that measured data arising from the autonomic nervous system biofeedback responses of 10 professional Forex and Interest Rate Derivatives traders in real time during live trading sessions.
Here are some quotes from the study investigating the role that emotional stress plays in the high-stakes and high-pressure world of professional traders, individuals who, by their trading and inclination, are presumably among the most rational decision makers.
The study corroborated what BEHAVORIAL FINANCE and BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS HAVE LONG MAINTAINED --
TRADERS ARE AFFECTED BY THESE FACTORS MORE THAN TRADING EXPERIENCE, INTELLECT, or RATIONAL ANALYSIS:
- Irrational feelings
- Overconfidence
- Overreaction,
- Herd Mentality
- Loss Aversion
- Subconscious Fears
- Fear of Risk
- Greed
- Optimism
- Pessimism
This is true regardless of whether the trader is a low, moderate or highly experienced trader !
RESEARCH OBSERVATIONS ON TRADER STRESS DURING TRADING
"Emotional Responses are a significant factor in the real-time processing of financial risks, even among the most rational investors and traders in the financial markets."
"Emotional trading is a significant determinant of the evolutionary fitness of financial traders. In short, unsuccessful traders are eliminated after a certain level of losses. "
Trader Stress Monitor

Interestingly Biofeedback Monitoring during trading is also THE BEST WAY TO GAIN CONTROL over trading stress, as well as the other emotional trading risks mentioned above.
Here you see a professional trader checking his biofeedback to determine his stress levels, and to "mentally manage stress responses" to enable him to maintain himself in the Peak Performance Trading Zone.
The Peak Performance Trading Zone is the apt name for mental states that are alert and focused, high functioning yet stress free. This mental state occurs simultaneously with a heightening sense of physical ease and relaxation.
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