Volatility is the bane of many investors. Bumpy moves in your portfolio in response to market fluctuations can cause you to make emotionally driven mistakes in your investing, and that can cause you ...

Discover the importance of understanding market volatility, its causes, & effects, and how to manage it effectively. Learn ...

Let's dive into what volatility is, why it's a big deal, and how a trader can harness it with OctaTrader, a proprietary trading platform from the globally trusted broker, Octa. Have you ever wondered ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

Investors understand intuitively that some stocks are riskier than others. The capital asset pricing model attempts to quantify the common perception of risk using a term called beta. By understanding ...

Implied volatility is a powerful but often misunderstood metric that plays a major role in options trading. Implied volatility doesn’t tell you what’s going to happen to an option’s price, but it ...

While virtually no global market segment escaped the turmoil of the past year, US large cap equities were dealt a particularly sharp blow. As defensive industries have cycled into favor, the market ...

In simple terms, volatility measures how much a financial instrument's price changes over a certain time period. Volatility is like the market's heartbeat—a strong, fluctuating pulse indicates high ...

The main impact of COVID-19 on forex trading has been volatility. The FOREX markets in March have been more volatile than any time in the past five years. Using a measurement of both historical ...