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Will Taper Talk Bring Heavy Volatility?

The Fed spoke and the market listened. The Fed starting taper talks has given the market jitters. Volatility has picked up. Here’s what to look for next…

Don Kaufman

Don Kaufman is options trader and educator. Former CBOE market maker, former Chief Derivatives Instructor at thinkorswim, and former Director of the Trader Group at TD Ameritrade. In 2015 he co-founded TheoTrade to teach traders how volatility, probability, and risk really work.

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