Louise Bedford on how to avoid choking under pressure, in life and in your trading.

Been ten-pin bowling lately? When you’re a teenager, it’s not cool, but in adulthood it’s… well, still not cool, but fun too. Recently, I had the chance to go bowling with two of my favourite people – Jason Cunningham, my accountant, and Chris Tate, my business partner. I’d never been bowling with them; I hadn’t even held a bowling ball for at least 25 years. Yet, in my mind, I was a pretty darn good bowler, and I was prepared to give these two blokes a run for their money.

I went first. I thought, very hard, back to adolescence. Actually too hard, as...

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