Following the close of trading on the eve of Thanksgiving, my review of a few key charts, including that of the CBOE Market Volatility Index (VIX -- 28.62), made me ask myself, “Might we be wake up to ...

Of all the issues discussed in this space, undoubtedly the one that captures the imagination of most readers is the subject of VIX-based exchange-traded products. I get more questions about the ...

On Friday afternoon, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) was down a steep 11%, signaling a cooling of market fear. But for traders who thrive on volatility, the real action lies in the ETFs that track and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Investors who want to get a read on stock market sentiment can turn to the CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, to interpret patterns of ...

Since the first big wave of VIX ETPs hit in 2010, I have periodically plotted all these products on a grid that used the y-axis for leverage and the x-axis for target maturity. While the initial ...

Hedging against inflation or the next global economic crisis would be much more straightforward if it were possible to use the volatility in the markets to your advantage by investing in the VIX (a ...

Some of the strongest demand for VIX exposure comes from traders and portfolio managers looking for diversifying instruments that are uncorrelated to their present portfolios. Given that the VIX Index ...

Investors who want to get a read on stock market sentiment can turn to the CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, to interpret patterns of expected future volatility before making investment decisions. The ...