More than three quarters of surveyed prop trading firms confirmed said volatility trading strategies had out-performed other markets last year, according to a new report from Acuiti. Of the ...

Designed in house by Cboe Labs, the new index will measure the current day’s expected market volatility of the S&P 500 Index. Cboe Global Markets has launched its Cboe 1-Day Volatility Index (VIX1D) ...

Volatility is a statistical measure of the degree of variation in the price of a financial instrument over time. While volatility of a financial instrument is often seen as a risk, it can also present ...

Miranda Marquit has been covering personal finance, investing and business topics for almost 15 years. She has contributed to numerous outlets, including NPR, Marketwatch, U.S. News & World Report and ...

The concept of a Volatility Index (VIX) was first introduced by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) in 1993. Originally, based on the S&P 100 index, it was revised in 2003 to track the S&P 500 ...