Learn with ETMarkets: How to use volatility to generate profits from short-term equity trading

However, in stark contrast to the traditional method of buying equity for the long term, short-term equity trading can be extremely beneficial for day or positional traders who use the implied volatility and associated price action to generate profits.For long-term investors, volatility-induced market dips can be used to increase allocation in beaten-down stocks, only to sell the additional shares at higher levels while still maintaining the original positions.

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