Tomato ... Tomahto! Low volatility ... low liquidity ... low volume ... it all the same. Not enough market players, money, or trades in the market. In either case can be bad for a retail intraday trader. No retail trader can keep up with Quants and HFT trades during low volatile hours. Quants and HFT primarily moves the market.
During low volatility (i.e. low liquidity, low volume) hours, anyone with a little money can move the market. Governments, hedge funds, banks, high worth private traders tend to manipulate the market during these low volatile moments to take advantage of those inefficiencies in the market during the low moments. Market maker brokers enjoy doing the same.
During low volatility (i.e. low liquidity, low volume) hours, anyone with a little money can move the market. Governments, hedge funds, banks, high worth private traders tend to manipulate the market during these low volatile moments to take advantage of those inefficiencies in the market during the low moments. Market maker brokers enjoy doing the same.