And it's also worth noting that the CBOE exchange instituted trading halts
when price volatility was too extreme.
It will be a better world
when price volatility is a thing of the past.
Not exact matches
Cryptocurrencies» extreme
volatility dissuades many people from using them to pay for things, and vendors from allowing payments in Bitcoin — it's too hard to accurately
price things in Bitcoin, and
when the value is rising there's more to gain from hoarding Bitcoins than from spending them.
When asked if he was worried about U.S. shale producers ramping production and eclipsing the recent international cuts, Novak said, «Undoubtedly the joint action by many countries to achieve the balance and to reduce the output are aimed at giving stability to the market and as a result we see a great level of investment, lower
volatility,
prices stabilizing at a certain level, which does play out to move investment going into shale production so one needs to assess the overall supply and demand balance.»
If Brexit - like sentiment in other nations leads to restrictions on the flow of trade and labor, he adds, «that is going to create greater uncertainty and
volatility» — at a time
when some commentators believe that global stock and bond
prices are overdue for a tumble.
«A lot of these guys are going to pull the rip cord and get out of the trade
when the
price goes against them with all this intraday
volatility,» said S3 Partners» Head of Research Ihor Dusaniwsky.
And since the dealer buys
when people are selling, and sells
when they're buying, he has a tendency to reduce
volatility: If you really need to sell, and there are no dealers, you're going to slash your
price to get rid of your bonds.
They also developed new rules, known as circuit breakers, allowing exchanges to halt trading temporarily in instances of exceptionally large
price declines.12 For example, under current rules, the New York Stock Exchange will temporarily halt trading
when the S&P 500 stock index declines 7 percent, 13 percent, and 20 percent in order to provide investors «the ability to make informed choices during periods of high market
volatility.»
More importantly, they process and interpret information in the same was as speculators and rather than act to stabilize
prices (by buying for value
when prices decline), they tend to enhance
volatility by reinforcing appreciation and depreciation expectations.
When volatility is relatively high options
prices will usually be slightly higher, so out of the money put options should be a little more expensive than during times of lower
volatility.
When volatility is average, options
prices will typically be a little lower than during a bearish market and that might cause options that are farther out of the money to be
priced so low that the risks involved outweigh the profit potential.
And
when valuations are at extremes, as we believe bonds are today, historical
price volatility might not shed much light on future risk.
Although it is obviously impossible to know precisely
when a strong stock will breakout, but most stocks undergo a multi-week
volatility contraction (tightening of consolidation) immediately before they zoom higher and enter into a
price expansion.
Therefore, bonds with higher duration generally have greater
price volatility and the potential for losses
when rates rise.
For example, they believe in the efficient market hypothesis, and therefore believe that the
volatility of stock
prices is equivalent to real risk, and they place a strong emphasis on
volatility when they judge your performance.»
Implied
volatility is higher
when the option
price and the expected
volatility are higher.
Also, in general, keep in mind that it often makes sense to sell options in periods of high
volatility,
when option
prices are elevated, and buy options in periods of low
volatility,
when options are cheaper.
We have a very rigorous process
when listing new assets to make sure they have enough liquidity to handle
price volatility.
Stock markets are near all - time highs,
volatility has been low, and stock valuations are above - average
when comparing
prices to earnings or other fundamentals.
Most dividend growth investors like to own stocks with low
volatility, because then you are less likely to become emotional about them
when their
price drops.
Volatility refers to the changes in
price that securities undergo
when trading.
«We are convinced that «quant» funds», which have attracted hundreds of billions of dollars in the last few years and a significant portion of which use leverage, and whose models and various strategies are largely based on
price action and correlations extracted from the reasonably - recent past
when volatility has been low (largely of their own making), have contributed mightily to the illusion that market risk is low.
Futures
prices generally move somewhat in response to changes in the spot
price, even
when movements in the latter are driven by transitory factors, but their substantially lower
volatility suggests that they are more anchored to longer - run
price fundamentals than are spot
prices.
For the Dow Jones Industrial Average, since 1926, the odds of a 10 % correction happening are 1 in 3 — they are par for the course
when it comes to the stock market's value proposition (which is that the
price for higher returns is higher
volatility).
«
When people do try to measure investment risk, they typically assess the historic
volatility of an investment compared to that of the overall market (known as beta), which derives from capital asset
pricing theory.
They become especially useful during times of market
volatility when prices might be uncertain.
High
volatility permits an investor to purchase stocks that are particularly depressed and to sell stocks
when they are selling at particularly high
prices.
As we build our sector - leading asset bases and new factories — the nutritional powders, consumer cheeses and the beverages plant —
when they all come online in the next two to three years, they will deliver the ultimate prize, which is an effective shield [against global
price volatility].»
However, wider challenges remain for the sector, not just in terms of rising raw material
prices, but also in managing the
volatility in the
price and supply of many key commodities, and ensuring the continuity of supply
when product availability is short in the UK or globally.»
At times
when volatility spikes,
pricing dislocations can occur in otherwise attractive assets.
Low -
volatility equities Lower -
volatility stock strategies typically experience less dramatic
price changes
when the market goes down since fund managers aim for benchmark returns with considerably less risk.
We expected
volatility such as this
when we launched the fund — the small number of stocks and relatively large positions tends to mean a volatile unit
price.
This is also why the
volatility of the spot
price is high
when inventory is low.
Under contingent claims theory, spreads should narrow
when equity
prices rise, and
when implied
volatility of equity options falls.
All they know is that bonds do tend to reduce the
volatility of your portfolio, since they tend to rise
when stock
prices fall.
Indeed, commodity
prices and
volatility often go hand in hand with each other, particularly during periods of supply shortage,
when both will spike upwards; this is why the distribution of commodity returns tends to be positively skewed.
Short ProShares should lose value
when their market indexes rise; and they entail certain risks, including, in some or all cases, aggressive investment techniques, inverse correlation and market
price variance risks, all of which can increase
volatility and decrease performance.
A careful active investor could more safely now contemplate no more than a small allocation to a mechanical system with a moving average (e. g., a 150 - day mean would have worked, but with 0 days» margin of error
when the
price dropped below the MA before the closing bell on Feb 5) or use more sophisticated
volatility signals to be in or out of SVXY (perhaps giving some extra days» warning to get out).
Preferred shares are extremely popular with taxable investors, because have little
price volatility except
when interest rates move (which makes them similar to corporate bonds), and because their distributions are eligible for the dividend tax credit.
Therefore, the risks due to market
volatility and adverse
price movements are mitigated
when you choose SIPs.
Closed - end funds tend to trade with higher
volatility from their NAV than ETFs because ETFs have authorized participants that actively follow the shares and take action to reconcile the
price in the open market
when it deviates from the NAV.
In fact, I tend to buy
when prices are low and ride out the market
volatility while keeping in mind my long term plan to have a regular dividend income each month.
Short ProShares and ProFunds should lose value
when their market indexes rise, and they entail certain risks, including, in some or all cases, aggressive investment techniques, inverse correlation and market
price variance risks, all of which can increase
volatility and decrease performance.
If /
when these indicators establish the utilization of the Bollinger Bands; the forex trader will have a stronger conviction that the Bollinger Bands are forecasting correct
pricing as it relates to market
volatility.
Short ProShares and ProFunds should lose value
when their market indexes rise, and they entail certain risks, including, in some or all cases: aggressive investment techniques, including the use of futures contracts, options, forward contracts, swap agreements and similar instruments; inverse correlation; and market
price variance risks, all of which can increase
volatility and decrease performance.
With breakout trades, the goal is to enter the market right
when the
price makes a breakout and then continue to ride the trade until
volatility dies down.
Low
volatility is not hard to spot — it's
when the
price is meandering sideways and not moving up or down very much.
Unfortunately, some people want the
volatility of having only a few stocks, as if large
price movements could only exist
when the market goes up.
When trading a high
volatility event that potential
price move will be
priced into the option, after the event the option
price will remove that
volatility value and the option value will collapse.
Instead investors should look at the fund's duration to predict its
price volatility when interest rates are changing.