Traders are making big bets on stock market turbulence as the S&P 500 Index retreats from its record high and investors wonder when, not if, the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates. An ...

The VIX by itself isn't predictive. It gains predictive value when its implied volatility is compared to actual market volatility. Moments when implied volatility exceeds real volatility by 10 units ...

Whether it is the start of a larger move lower or just a flush out in the markets, traders and investors have shown some level of uncertainty, as reflected in Wall Street's volatility gauge hitting ...

At about 18.2, the Cboe Volatility index (VIX), an option-derived measure of expected S&P 500 volatility, sits comfortably below its long-run average of 19.5. The VIX is known as Wall Street's fear ...

The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, jumped to its highest level of the year on Tuesday. Traders are betting it will keep rising. President Trump's tariffs and retaliatory action from the U.S.'s top ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Wall Street is more anxious heading into the 2024 US ...

Retail traders' behavior in moments of stress may hold the key to building a forward-looking volatility index that regulators and institutions could use to monitor systemic risk, according to Anton ...

Options traders are placing near record bets on a US recession driving a stock market crash, according to US derivatives exchange Cboe. On March 3, Cboe's head of intelligence Mandy Xu warned it saw ...