Earlier in 2025, the VIX Index reached its highest daily close since the COVID-19 pandemic at 52.33 on April 8 after U.S.

The VIX index isn't the only forward implied volatility index. There are other indexes of different time frames ranging from 9 days to 1 year. They are called VIX9D, VIX3M, VIX6M, VIX1Y. Because of ...

Options traders love volatility, because it can take options that are worth almost nothing and turn them into huge moneymakers overnight. One way of measuring how much volatility there is in the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I navigate market volatility in Options. This article is more than 9 years old. VIX is a trademarked ticker symbol for the CBOE ...

Currently, the low levels of the VIX Index create a disconnect between volatility expectations and the market reality. Using the last 24 months as something of a case study, we can see a trend ...

You can't turn on the business news these days without hearing about the Volatility Index, or VIX. When investors are anxiously buying and selling, causing stock market prices to reach greater highs ...

That gauge is the spread between Volmex’s BVIV – the 30-day implied volatility index for BTC – and its S&P 500 counterpart, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about bitcoin and other digital currencies. Over the last few months I have been hammering on the idea that the U.S.

So far, 2023 has seen an equity bull market with low volatility, but whispers on Wall Street suggest an audacious move that could rival Michael Burry’s famous “Big Short.” In a jaw-dropping play, a ...