The Volatility Trap: Three Setups Professional Traders Avoid
By Priya Sharma
High Average True Range is not the same as tradeable edge. During earnings seasons and macro event weeks, ATR spikes, but bid-ask spreads widen, fills deteriorate, and stop-outs become almost inevitable.
The three setups professionals avoid during high-ATR environments: (1) breakout entries on the first candle close above resistance, (2) mean-reversion fades into a trend driven by fundamentals, (3) any position sized at normal risk when overnight gap risk is elevated.
Edge comes from consistency and repeatability, not volatility. Reduce size, wait for spreads to normalise, and let amateurs pay the premium for excitement.
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