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#564 - Should You Avoid Trading Around Major Market Events?
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- Duration: 0:04:07
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Hey everyone. This is Kirk here again from Option Alpha and welcome back to the daily call. Today, we’re going to answer the question – “Should you avoid trading around major market events?” I think this ultimately ends up crippling a lot of traders. Many times as people get started or even if you're new to trading, there's always some new story or some new thing to be worried about that's coming on the horizon, some FED statement, some presidential election, some congressional election, some legislature that may or may not come. I mean, it literally seems like there's always something on the horizon that could rock the markets to the core. That's what we hear by talking heads and pundits on TV, but the reality is I don't think necessarily, you should avoid trading around any major market events. I think you should have an awareness, an understanding of what's coming, so you’re not surprised if you get a big move in an underlying sector or ETF, but I don't necessarily think you should avoid trading those even