Using Market Volatility For Big Gains

 | May 29, 2014 02:40AM ET

This is a trader’s market.

The markets are showing us sharp moves up and down. And while “buy and hold” investors might find this a unpleasant, short-term trades can use moves like this for large gains.

Consider the last four months. Overall, the market has barely budged higher but if you’d used this volatility to trade the market, you could have made a killing.

SPX

This situation is not unique to the US. Emerging markets are currently even MORE attractive for traders.

Take a look at China’s ETF… we’ve had sharp moves up and down that have allowed short-term trades to see some extraordinary gains!

FXI

Anyone who times these moves well with options trades could have literally DOUBLED their money.

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