Skip to Content
News & Analysis at your fingertips.

We use a range of cookies to give you the best possible browsing experience. By continuing to use this website, you agree to our use of cookies.
You can learn more about our cookie policy here, or by following the link at the bottom of any page on our site. See our updated Privacy Policy here.

Free Trading Guides
Subscribe
Please try again
Select

Live Webinar Events

0

Economic Calendar Events

0

Notify me about

Live Webinar Events
Economic Calendar Events

H

High

M

Medium

L

Low
More View More
Strategy Video: A Low Tolerance for Volatility is Feeding the Next Crisis

Strategy Video: A Low Tolerance for Volatility is Feeding the Next Crisis

Talking Points:

• The G20, central bankers and hedge fund managers amongst others have voiced concern over 'volatility'

• Volatility is commonly referred to as a 'risk' measure, but it is more appropriately an activity gauge

• In the effort to keep volatility low, the markets have become distorted and further dependent on low vol

Want to develop a more in-depth knowledge on the market and strategies? Check out the DailyFX Trading Guides we have produced on a range of topics.

Is volatility a bad thing? When any hint of it can trigger a landslide in the capital markets, it is. That is the situation we have found the markets move towards over the past years. Volatility is a natural element of the markets with regular ebb and flow. Robust markets should be able to tolerate or even advance on periods of higher activity. However, the conditions we find ourselves in today are distinctly dependent on low volatility conditions. After years of accommodative and unorthodox monetary policy being pumped into the system, speculative and economic stability demand quiet financial conditions - in essence requiring extreme (low) volatility levels. This need for low volatility will likely usher in the next crisis. How are markets positioned around this elemental factor? How long can it persist? What is likely to set it off? We discuss that in this weekend Strategy Video.

Sign up for John’s email distribution list, here.

DailyFX provides forex news and technical analysis on the trends that influence the global currency markets.

DISCLOSURES