Comments on: Watching for a Market Explosion or Implosion http://theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/index.php/2009/12/07/watching-for-a-market-explosion-or-implosion/ Information and resources for those looking to learn about trading and the markets Wed, 23 May 2012 13:10:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: VectorVest and Trading Forex in IRAs | The Essentials of Trading http://theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/index.php/2009/12/07/watching-for-a-market-explosion-or-implosion/#comment-19393 VectorVest and Trading Forex in IRAs | The Essentials of Trading Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:56:37 +0000 http://www.theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/?p=1554#comment-19393 [...] really do very much while I was away, which actually makes what I wrote about in my last post, Watching for a Market Explosion or Implosion, even more so. Now I’m stressing about getting my holiday shopping taken care of ASAP [...] [...] really do very much while I was away, which actually makes what I wrote about in my last post, Watching for a Market Explosion or Implosion, even more so. Now I’m stressing about getting my holiday shopping taken care of ASAP [...]

]]> By: John http://theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/index.php/2009/12/07/watching-for-a-market-explosion-or-implosion/#comment-15760 John Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:30:52 +0000 http://www.theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/?p=1554#comment-15760 Rod - A straddle is one way to go, if it's not overly expensive. I generally prefer to look to the next higher timeframe to see if there's a clear bias there and will lean that way if so. Regardless, my approach tends to be go-with in these cases. Yes, sometimes you become subject to fake-out breakouts where the market first goes one way, then totally turns around, but you deal with it. Rod – A straddle is one way to go, if it’s not overly expensive. I generally prefer to look to the next higher timeframe to see if there’s a clear bias there and will lean that way if so. Regardless, my approach tends to be go-with in these cases. Yes, sometimes you become subject to fake-out breakouts where the market first goes one way, then totally turns around, but you deal with it.

]]> By: Rod http://theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/index.php/2009/12/07/watching-for-a-market-explosion-or-implosion/#comment-15684 Rod Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:27:09 +0000 http://www.theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/?p=1554#comment-15684 "Alas, the Bands won’t tell us which way the eventual volatility expansion will take the market" Would you recommend a straddle then? “Alas, the Bands won’t tell us which way the eventual volatility expansion will take the market”

Would you recommend a straddle then?

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