nasdaq 100. volatility near the new york open. E-MINI NASDAQ-100 FUTURES (SEP 2021) CME_MINI:NQU2021 emehoke This volatility near the new york open is exactly what we want. Best case scenario is this begins a feedback loop resulting in trending price action where traders add on and sell off at the corrections and most people are happy. That's where professionals make their bank from. If the price action is volatile, but directionless, then it makes big choppy movements within a narrow range, and it's very likely your stops are getting hit. This is where institutions are happy because they can make big exchanges. Because it's not clear which way the market will trend there will be plenty of people on both sides that institutions can pump their orders against well before a market direction is chosen. When you have the buying power to move a market these are the conditions you want because it helps to conceal your interest at a price. When people realize the big players are buying then they will want to buy as well. This is what happens when independent free-thinking you decides that other people use their free will better, and you should just go along with them. This causes scarcity at that particular price and then price moves higher. Now the institutions are annoyed because they wanted 5000 contracts but they were only able to fill 3000 (fake numbers. I truly have no idea. I am only explaining the concept) before the market begins to trend away from them. In a ranging market, the institutions have no trouble getting this 5000 filled. There is no clear direction, and price may come back to their number several times. Trending = good for you and me ranging = good for institutions good for institutions = bad for you and me Is this logic impeccable? Is there a way institutions and small traders can survive in the same space?