Discover how to select the right volatility stop for your trading strategy, helping you protect investments and maximize profits with strategic methods and insights.

Bollinger Bandwidth is one of the few technical indicators that measures volatility. Most indicators use price and attempt to identify trend changes. Bollinger Bandwidth measures how strong the recent ...

The TTM Squeeze is a powerful volatility indicator that identifies periods of low volatility and anticipates potential breakouts. However, it can also sometimes indicate periods of indecision and a ...

CNN’s Fear & Greed Index is a way to gauge stock market movements and whether stocks are fairly priced. The index uses seven market indicators to help answer the question: What emotion is driving the ...

The S&P 500 (^GSPC) surged 2.3% on Thursday, marking the biggest daily gain for the index so far in 2024. Just three days earlier, the S&P 500 registered its biggest single-day loss of 2024.

On Monday, gold futures rocketed more than $170 an ounce at one point - almost tagging $4,400. Yesterday, it plummeted more than $230. At one point, gold was down 6.3%, the worst one-day drop for gold ...

Fundamentally, trading is about analyzing the supply and demand of a security (asset which can be traded), such as stocks, commodities, or Forex pairs. A trader then makes decisions to purchase or ...

Is this the stock market’s healthy back-to-school haircut? Or a butch that will force the bulls (and the Federal Reserve) to take a good look at the global economy? That test may come with the broad S ...

When you first open a stock chart, the complexity can be paralyzing. There are hundreds of mathematical tools — or technical indicators — available, all promising to unlock the market’s secrets. But ...

Except for gold, implied volatilities for most asset classes ended 2025 near a 1-year low. Gold has been the biggest ...

The U.S. stock market is unusually quiet after a dramatic start to August, and that's making Wall Street panic - again. Stocks have rebounded quickly after a bruising selloff that shook up global ...