If you ask a trader to explain the emotional relationship he has with his positions, you will usually be met with a gruff rebuff.
But one brave academic, Nigel Nicholson, has carried out an extensive study based on a interviews with 120 traders in the City of London for a book that is scheduled for publication in October.
Speaking at the Euromoney Forex Forum last month, Nicholson, who is professor of organizational behaviour at the London Business School, offered some insights into the curious workings of a trader?s mind.
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