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Trading is widely recognized as a stressful profession. Taking decisions under stress negatively affects both, the finances and the health of the trader. Providing support to increase the awareness of traders on their real levels of stress could significantly improve their performance and well-being. This paper surveys technology available that can be considered to provide such level of support. We explore Ambient Intelligence solutions, which can provide support for two cases: a single trader and a network of traders.
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Fernández, J.M., Augusto, J.C., Seepold, R., Madrid, N.M. (2010). Why Traders Need Ambient Intelligence. In: Augusto, J.C., Corchado, J.M., Novais, P., Analide, C. (eds) Ambient Intelligence and Future Trends-International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence (ISAmI 2010). Advances in Soft Computing, vol 72. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13268-1_32
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