The Volatility Index, commonly known as the VIX, can be used to gauge the amount of fear on Wall Street, and help confirm stock market bottoms.

Broadly speaking, there are two main approaches to leveraging market volatility. The first involves using implied volatility, such as the VIX Index, as a filter for trading decisions.

VXX offers retail investors exposure to S&P 500 volatility via front-month VIX futures. Read what investors should know about ...

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 ...

The CBOE Volatility Index, commonly known as the VIX, signals the market's expectations for volatility over the coming 30 days. When the VIX rises, investors expect steeper ups and downs.

Russell Rhoads, Associate Clinical Professor of Finance at Indiana University, joins Jill Malandrino on Nasdaq TradeTalks to discuss why VIX is at an inflection point and what that signals to the ...

Retail traders' behavior in moments of stress may hold the key to building a forward-looking volatility index that regulators ...

In the case of Grupo Televisa, even when ViX grows double-digit in the coming years, the shares may keep trading at depressed levels. Such a situation can persist for years.

The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, climbed 0.7 points to just over 17 in early trading. The widely followed fear gauge tracks S&P 500 options contracts, with any reading of below 20 tending to ...