Ms Khushi,
Can you please explain the trading logic behind the Volatility concept?
Ok
lets start with an example.....
In india we r supplied with 220V of electricity in household areas
but if u put a voltmeter then u can see that in real time it fluctuate around this mean value of 220.
case I: 200V-240V thats y all our appliances are made in this range.
case II: sometimes it fluctuates more 160V-260V and such times we need stablizer
Now Come to stock market
here also the stock price fluctate around mean price but it varries stock to stock n day to day
Volatility is the measure of this fluctuation of stock prices against their prev. day's close price.
suppose a stock has close price has Rs.100
n by data if we know that it has volatility of suppose 4% one side
means it can go to 104 up n 96 down
case I: it fluctuates less like 99-101 then its not profitable to trade as it can go any direction any time n profit too will be less
Case II: if it rose to 103 then by past data we know that it has so much momentum that it can reach 104-105 or more
so the volatility provides that on a new day if a price fluctuates to certain level then it has potential to reach more beyond...... n there we can find a space to earn
Such like a AFL in amibroker that looks past crossovers to predict future trend similarly volatility looks past fluctuations to predict future price range!
i hope its clear now?