Discover four strategic ways to trade the VIX using ETFs and ETNs. Learn to manage volatility for better investment decisions ...

Stock market volatility peaked when the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) reached 52.3 on April 8, one of the highest readings since January 1990. The S&P 500 has typically skyrocketed during the year ...

The U.S. stock market is unusually quiet after a dramatic start to August, and that's making Wall Street panic - again. Stocks have rebounded quickly after a bruising selloff that shook up global ...

Wall Street's fear gauge may not be so scary if you have an eye toward long-term investing. A key market fear indicator, the CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX), recently had its biggest three-day spike of ...

Speculators' net short positions at three-year high, which some interpret as a sign of imminent turbulence or market reversal (CFTC/Bloomberg) Short bets by hedge funds on the so-called fear index, ...

Although stocks have been the top-performing asset class over the last century, based on average annual return, this doesn't mean the stock market moves from Point A to B in a straight line -- and the ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

Implied volatility is at multi-year lows as holiday trading suppresses premiums, but rising realized volatility hints at a ...

Stock market volatility refers to how much a stock's price moves up and down over time. Picture a stock swinging from $50 to $80 and then plummeting back to $30 in a few weeks. That stock has high ...

There has been a lot of talk recently about whether the VIX is the tail wagging the dog, and I thought I would chime in on the subject. The CBOE Volatility Index has clearly seen a lot of strange ...

A falling VIX indicates traders are not aggressively buying put options, reflecting market confidence and reduced hedging ...

Calm appears to have returned to Wall Street after the recent mayhem, but one volatility indicator suggests some investors are betting on another round of mammoth swings in the stock market. Wall ...