The Cboe Volatility Index (VIX), commonly known as the fear index, measures the market's expectation of short-term volatility among stocks. Based on S&P 500 index options with near-term expiration ...

What it does: Tracks short-term VIX futures contracts. Why it matters now: The VIX has plummeted more than 65% since peaking in early April, leaving room for big upside potential if market jitters ...

With the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) fluctuating around 30, a level that indicates moderately high market stress, investors are looking at a well-timed entry in volatility-targeting exchange-traded ...

The Simplify Volatility Premium ETF trades at a 17.8% distribution rate, benefiting from selling short-term VIX futures, but struggles during market crises. SVOL's strategy involves selling volatility ...

I recommend selling SVOL due to heightened geopolitical risk and unfavorable VIX curve dynamics impairing its short ...

Put buyers have resurfaced in iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN (VXX), but once again, they seem to be on the wrong side of the things as we first noticed put buying in this ETN late last week ...

-1x Short VIX Futures ETF (BATS:SVIX – Get Free Report) saw unusually large options trading activity on Wednesday. Stock traders bought 10,468 call options on the stock. This represents an increase of ...

Options traders are taking bearish bets against the largest VIX-linked product, which suggests they see a lower CBOE Volatility Index or are hedging long positions in volatility. “For a change, we ...

Market volatility surged back into focus on Tuesday as investor anxiety resurfaced across Wall Street. The Cboe Volatility ...

This almost sounds like it could be the setup for an extremely niche markets joke. Several exchange-traded products that track swings in a popular Wall Street volatility gauge were themselves halted ...