Wall Street's fear gauge — the VIX — spiked by the second biggest percentage in its history on Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve jolted the stock market by saying it would dial back its ...

In this article, we delve into the concept of volatility and explore intriguing opportunities to use it to our advantage. Generally, volatility refers to the magnitude of price fluctuations relative ...

A slightly higher VIX can favor strategies that reduce risk into event weeks. Some managers trim exposure or add hedges with ...

A key measure of expected volatility in the stock market surged to its highest level in more than four years on Monday morning as global equities fell sharply. The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, ...

Stocks are volatile. That much is understood by most investors, but what exactly is volatility and how is it measured for the overall stock market? You may have seen references to something called the ...

Market uncertainty has been a prevalent theme of 2025, keeping volatility front and center within capital markets. Thus far, the defining volatility moment for the year occurred in April 2025, when ...

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. CBOE is taking the world of options trading by storm. Not only did they recently launch options on Cboe Volatility Index Futures (VX Options), a new solution that offers more ...

The S&P 500 fell 2.9% last Friday, following President Trump’s social media post, warning of higher tariffs on Chinese goods, reviving trade war anxieties. According to data from FactSet, as quoted on ...