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A volatile market, market price - or any other item or amount - is one that is less stable compared with others. | A volatile market, market price - or any other item or amount - is one that is less stable compared with others. | ||
In general, something that is volatile is subject to constant and ongoing changes, often at frequencies greater than daily. | |||
By contrast, variable refers to something that has the potential to change, possibly with advance warning. | |||
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==Other resource== | ==Other resource== | ||
*[https://www.treasurers.org/hub/treasurer-magazine/cryptocurrencies-why-some-more-volatile-than-others?_gl=1*1ctx65e*_ga*ODI0NDUzMzg2LjE2ODgzNjA0NzA.*_ga_112F2HHTFX*MTczMDc3NTQyNy4yLjEuMTczMDc3NjcxNi40Ny4wLjA Cryptocurrencies: why some are more volatile than others - Naresh Aggarwal - ACT - 2023] | *[https://www.treasurers.org/hub/treasurer-magazine/cryptocurrencies-why-some-more-volatile-than-others?_gl=1*1ctx65e*_ga*ODI0NDUzMzg2LjE2ODgzNjA0NzA.*_ga_112F2HHTFX*MTczMDc3NTQyNy4yLjEuMTczMDc3NjcxNi40Ny4wLjA Cryptocurrencies: why some are more volatile than others - Naresh Aggarwal - ACT - 2023] | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:10, 6 November 2024
Markets - market prices - variables - variability.
A volatile market, market price - or any other item or amount - is one that is less stable compared with others.
In general, something that is volatile is subject to constant and ongoing changes, often at frequencies greater than daily.
By contrast, variable refers to something that has the potential to change, possibly with advance warning.
- Why are some cryptocurrencies more volatile than others?
- "As an asset class, the value of cryptocurrencies is materially affected by the same things that influence many asset classes (supply and demand, market sentiment, and so on), but the relatively small size of the market and lack of liquidity can make moves particularly dramatic..."
- Cryptocurrencies: why some are more volatile than others - Naresh Aggarwal - ACT - 2023.
See also
- Cryptocurrency
- Implied volatility
- Liquidity
- Low-volatility NAV
- Orderly market
- Sensitivity
- Stability
- Variability
- Variable
- Volatility
- Volatility index
- Volatility smile
- Volatility trader
