Something odd is happening right when the stock market closes

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Credit Suisse

The stock market has bounced back after the UK's shock decision to leave Europe, with many equity benchmarks right where they were before the vote.

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Does that mean risk-taking is back? Nope.

Big-time traders are back in the market during the day, but they're also avoiding what is called overnight risk.

Credit Suisse took a look at the percentage of the day's US stock trading volume that is in the MOC print, or market on close. This is a kind of order that is executed as close to the end of the market day as possible.

The average volume has increased from 8.4% to 9.8% in the last two years, according to the Swiss bank.

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That means that traders are frenetically reducing their positions right before the market closes.

Here's what it all means: