Volume is arguably the most valuable leading indicator in trading. Some of the most profitable professional traders trade almost exclusively off of volume and never look at price charts. It is important because it allows traders to take a sneak peak into where price action is heading by analyzing order flow. For every buyer, there [...]
Author Archives: Rachel Varitimos
04
Jan
Jan
The New Year is finally here, and we are anticipating the market to make an exciting New Year’s resolution that will benefit traders. While volatility lacked in 2016, we expect the market to change it’s ways, and be more volatile 2017. The key driver for volatility revolves around the uncertainty of Trump’s economic policies. With […]
30
Dec
Dec
Let’s face the facts— The news has been notoriously wrong about a lot of things this year. From Brexit to this U.S election, the mainstream media can’t seem to get it right. If there is one thing we learned this year, it is that the market listens to no one. For one, Brexit was completely […]
14
Dec
Dec
After ten years, the Federal Reserve is finally making moves to tighten the belt on monetary policy. The question is, did they wait too long? In the beginning of the year, the Fed raised interest rates for the first time in a decade and the results were less than desirable. With the market dropping nearly 10%, […]
12
Dec
Dec
A fed rate hike this Wednesday is imminent, but will the markets flinch? Interest rates have gone in one direction since the last market crash, and that is down. It was not until the beginning of this year, that the fed made its first rate hike in 10 years, resulting in a mini flash crash [...]