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Event · volatility mean reversion

Post-news volatility exhaustion fade

Skim reversal pressure after headline-driven spikes stall—only when liquidity returns and extremes prove one-sided positioning.

Typical timeframe
M1–M15 · narrow window around release
Risk profile
High (whipsaws & widening spreads)

Immediately after impactful prints, liquidity providers pull depth; retail sees exaggerated candles. Mean-reverting behaviour can appear once the imbalance exhausts—but the hazardous minutes before typically belong to insiders and algorithms.

This is an advanced playbook. If you lack live spread visibility and fast execution hygiene, simulate first.

Execution checklist

  1. Know the deviation vs consensus thresholds before the print; surprise scales the move.
  2. Wait until the impulse prints a climax bar or sequence with declining follow-through momentum.
  3. Fade partial size back toward VWAP/session mid only if overlaps support mean reversion (context-specific).
  4. Flatten entirely if sequential higher highs/lows invalidate the exhaustion thesis within your window.