volatility

Volatility not ruled out as markets enter holiday mode

By Hussein Sayed | December 22, 2016

With less traders on their desks and most investors planning where to spend their New Year’s Eve, markets have clearly entered the holiday mood. We can barely see any significant moves in equities, fixed income, or even currency markets today as trading volumes shrank, suggesting that more consolidation is expected throughout the remaining days of 2016.

Impending election affects Fed meeting (video)

By Daniel P. Collins | November 3, 2016

The least anticipated Fed meeting has concluded as the U.S. Presidential election has narrowed. A Trump victory would cause volatility in the markets and the markets would selloff.

Playing volatility as the election nears (video)

By Daniel P. Collins | October 28, 2016

With less than two weeks left before the election, many option traders might be hoping to buy volatility in the hopes that the market will make a quick change.

After the flash crash, what will jobs report do to the pound?

By Fawad Razaqzada | October 7, 2016

Besides form the obvious question of what the actual hell happened to sterling overnight, there are so many other questions marks participants will be asking themselves. Has the pound now bottomed out, what exactly was the overnight “low,” what will the Bank of England do now?

Fed affirms impending tightening (video)

By Daniel P. Collins | September 29, 2016

Daniel Collins, editor in chief at Modern Trader magazine discusses how the Fed has made a positive affirmation that it will tighten this year, likely in December.

Market volatility on a comeback

By Lukman Otunuga | September 27, 2016

Financial markets may experience extreme levels of volatility in the coming weeks as the catalytic combination of sporadic oil prices, ongoing Brexit anxieties and anticipation ahead of the U.S. presidential election leave investors on edge.