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Hey everyone. This is Kirk here again from Option Alpha and welcome back to the daily call. Today, we’re going to talk about why worrying is an illusion of control. I am a self-described worrywart if you want to call it that, but I used to be, I guess and I would say that I'm not so much anymore… Although seem like being a parent, you always worry about something with your kids. I don’t think that ever actually ends. But when it comes to finances, investing, trading, the markets, I used to worry a lot and I was one of those traders that would stay up all night and think about positions. In fact, I remember vividly when I started trading and I was trying to trade Forex initially for a little bit that I literally sat up all night and kind of babysat that position. I sat there and watched the markets all night and I think back to those days of doing that and just realized how ridiculous and ludicrous that probably was. But I've often found through reading and being a student of the game that when you worry, it i