When the market was sinking back in 08, i was in my late teens busy parting. Pretty much danced intoxicated waking up to "oh i forget your name" right through the recession. I think it's just on my mind and need conformation from MR market on what it wants to do. The anticipation is always a killer on top of everything else.
Maybe it comes down to experience and or just keeping a level head with eyes open. Time management, picking the right stocks, reading trends and looking at new ones, it's pretty full on. Also I like volatility as it is my main income sources to trade the swings. But i get the sense lately that there is a lot more people coming in the last couple of years that have started trading and with big bucks too.
Most of the stocks I'm on i see the money flow in and out, 100k for a few pips if the volume allows it, and sometimes that 100k will hold, but when in an uncertain or quite market and that starts happening on a few I'm on at the same time, it starts to throw me off my game a little. pretty much have to focus on all of them on top of looking for new trends and keeping up with the world economy, it gets pretty hectic mentally at times. The last 12 month have been ballZz amazing so maybe if things do calm down i mite hire a secretary to take the load off