Morning is not for traders
Statistics show: individual investors take excessive risk, trading stocks immediately after opening. Increasing volatility in the US stock market hit investors especially hard, who prefer to buy and sell stocks soon after the opening of trading. This is usually the most dangerous time of the day - and not just in the US market Traders and financial observers talk about the propensity for individual investors to be as active as the market opens. At this time, the probability of getting the best price is lower, and her hesitation, usually, Stronger (Recall, the American stock market opens at 9:30 local time or at 16:30 according to Moscow). However, within a few minutes, the gap between the selling price, known as Ask, and the purchase price, known as Bid, declines sharply. This process continues until the end of the trading session.. Large fluctuations in the stock market in recent weeks have only amplified the effect.