Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 13 minutes ago
To be a good trader or investor, understanding the emotional dimension is paramount and in that respect, "risk-on" and "risk-off" are two concepts you can literally not live without.
This video explains what exactly it means when someone states that an investor is in risk-on or risk-off mode. Furthermore, we will also be putting risk-on as well as risk-off assets under the microscope, whether we are referring to currency pairs (forex), stocks or any other asset.
You may think risk-on and risk-off are two concepts that literally anyone with a pulse can grasp but the equation, believe it or not, can become quite complex.
For example, there are even controversies as far as the simplest of questions are concerned: which assets are risk-on and which are risk-off?
The most straightforward answers tend to revolve around the fact that... well, the market ultimately decides and nothing is set in stone.
As such, let's say US Treasuries may very well be perceived as safe haven assets today but there are no guarantees whatsoever that the status quo will persist :)
To be a good trader or investor, understanding the emotional dimension is paramount and in that respect, "risk-on" and "risk-off" are two concepts you can literally not live without.
This video explains what exactly it means when someone states that an investor is in risk-on or risk-off mode. Furthermore, we will also be putting risk-on as well as risk-off assets under the microscope, whether we are referring to currency pairs (forex), stocks or any other asset.
You may think risk-on and risk-off are two concepts that literally anyone with a pulse can grasp but the equation, believe it or not, can become quite complex.
For example, there are even controversies as far as the simplest of questions are concerned: which assets are risk-on and which are risk-off?
The most straightforward answers tend to revolve around the fact that... well, the market ultimately decides and nothing is set in stone.
As such, let's say US Treasuries may very well be perceived as safe haven assets today but there are no guarantees whatsoever that the status quo will persist :)
