Most threads are about all that other stuff.
But this thread will be about something just as important as the trade itself. MOVEMENT
You can think of this thread as the brain storming, and process in discovery. There are no wrong answers here. the man focus though is on volatility. When something will or won't move, why it will move.... when it wont why it wont... Direction takes a backseat here.
I won't be about for a little while but I encourage some other traders to have a go at providing insight. And to showing us something useful. I also encourage other traders to use this thread as a learning tool, to challenge themselves and grow with us.
Some random ideas to get you started:
But this thread will be about something just as important as the trade itself. MOVEMENT
You can think of this thread as the brain storming, and process in discovery. There are no wrong answers here. the man focus though is on volatility. When something will or won't move, why it will move.... when it wont why it wont... Direction takes a backseat here.
I won't be about for a little while but I encourage some other traders to have a go at providing insight. And to showing us something useful. I also encourage other traders to use this thread as a learning tool, to challenge themselves and grow with us.
Some random ideas to get you started:
- Bank Holidays
- Big events
- Lead ups to big events
- Sentiment
- Witching (double and triple)
- Jewish Holidays
- Times of the day
- Expectations
- Scheduled News
- Central Banks
- Economic Indicators
- Government Policies
- Options
The game here is not to predict where the market will go (directional) but to predict WHEN it will or won't go and the motivations behind that. We're traders, not economists.
Any financial instrument is valid.
Time hides Nothing