Choppy

Choppy covers a Strategy glossary entry, profiled by proprietarytrading.com.

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Choppy describes a market moving sideways in a tight range, producing repeated small losses on directional trades.

Choppy describes a sideways market with no clear direction. Choppy conditions are difficult for trend-following strategies and often produce a string of small losses as entries get stopped out by counter-moves.

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