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Trading in the age of volatility

November 8, 2016

In advance of the US Presidential election, Oanda market strategist Alfonso Esparza discusses volatility and shares elite traders’ top tips to mitigate the effects of shock announcements. There is very little time in the fast-moving Forex market to dwell on the past. The best traders learn and move on.

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, BOJ add shine to risk-parity strategy

By Reuters | September 29, 2016

The Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan's actions last week have given a second wind to an alternative investment strategy that relies on cheap money and low market volatility to produce outsized returns. Risk parity trades, which involve borrowing to take long positions in both stocks and bonds, have been favored by some big hedge funds and other institutional investors starved for yield by eight years of record low global interest rates.

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.

Jobs report: Creative levels of accounting gimmickry

By Jeff Greenblatt | August 8, 2016

The jobs report came in with a good headline number at 255,000. Wall Street went ballistic and even noticed a twinge of euphoria Friday morning. Hold the phone, I’m concerned it isn’t what it seems. You’ve seen me flat out say from time to time I think some fundamental number is a complete fabrication. I think this number is on the level. But I also think they got there by the most creative levels of accounting gimmickry.

Society under attack; stock market comes unglued

By Jeff Greenblatt | July 25, 2016

Another week, another terror attack. After rising on Thursday, the VIX dropped back again on Friday. Last week I told you the market behaves like a little kid who won’t take all of the news to heart until it becomes personal. The key point here is for everyone to realize what eventually happens when society comes under attack--the stock market comes unglued. Want more proof? Let’s go back 100 years.

There is no rational market (video)

By Daniel P. Collins | July 12, 2016

Daniel P. Collins, Editor in Chief at Modern Trader magazine discusses how Brexit continues to drive volatility.

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By Daniel P. Collins | January 20, 2016

A short-term strategy based on volume

By Perry Kaufman | December 29, 2015

Volume offers valuable information on the intentions of buyers and sellers, the potential for diversification and, at the minimum, another piece of the trading puzzle.

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