The current-day trigger of high visibility in front of important clients was now activating this trigger and kept plunging him into his Critter State, where he had learned to shrink from the world in order to survive.

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Most experienced traders choose not to make bets in front of big economic announcements like the Fed, so you would have had to be quick on the trigger if you wanted to get short.

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