How Volatility Works In New York Session

5 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief market commentary, the speaker highlights that July 4th (Independence Day) leads to reduced market participation in the United States as many traders are on holiday. He reminds viewers that the New York session is typically the most volatile part of the trading day, but today’s lack of news and holiday context lowers the probability of strong directional moves. Consequently, traders should expect possible choppy price action or a full reversal and exercise caution, recognizing that today is not an optimal day for high‑probability trades.

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In terms of news and like economic, you know, events today, this is what you're dealing with. It is Independence Day. And so everyone and your mom is probably going to be on holiday, at least in the United States. And for those of you who understand anything about the markets, the, you know, the New York markets is usually when the most volatile moves tend to happen. And so today, seeing that there is no news— And for those of you who know anything about the markets, you know that the New York, you know, kind of session is kind of the most volatile session of the day. And yeah, there could just be a chance where we just chop around for the rest of the day or just do a full-on reversal. So just keep that in mind that today is not the highest probability day that we could be trading.