What volatility? IF ( and that is a big [size=large] IF[/size] ) your system has been well designed then it should not make any difference at all on your result expectancy. Maria
Biggest mistake traders make is to think in money. Regard it as a pin machine and try to get the score up as high as possible. Forget that it is money (easier said than done, took me several years), it is only money when it goes out of the trading account and into the bank. Or as Kenny Rogers sang in the song "The Gambler": don't count your money when you are sitting at the table, there is plenty of time when the dealing has been done". Some of the best traders that I know have no P&L up on the screen and they do not take a look at it until after the trading has closed for the day. Similarly I see this in the housing, people go "my house is worth xxx", LOL. Now what if there is a downturn and it is worth half when you try to sell it? Some places may on paper be worth XXX but you cannot even give them away (look at the old castle's in Europe, they gobble up money like no tomorrow and some have been "sold" for the nominal value of $ 1.00 ) Maria
Your trading rules should be based at least partially on volatility, so it shouldn't matter. If the extra volatility is causing you to set wider stops, you should be trading smaller size. If you CAN'T trade any smaller size (that is, if you're trading 1 contract in futures or forex), you shouldn't be trading at all!
great for profits but harder to trade (for the less experienced like myself anyway) i could tighten my buy signals up more to reduce my intraday drawdown, but i would be sacrificing too much profit. its about pain versus reward. im lucky to have just started systems trading as alot of EOD systems have just had their worst drawdown in the last 10 years.
I wish the Dow would have 1000 point range days every day. It gives people like me wood! Since I trade mainly the nutty stocks like AAPL, GOOG, BIDU, FSLR and so on.