A comprehensive guide for trading options on the VIX, a key metric reflecting market volatility expectations for the S&P 500 over the next 30 days. It covers the unique aspects of VIX options, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Volatility often appears intimidating, especially to traders who rely on instinct or emotion. Yet when you approach it with structure and discipline, it becomes one of the most dependable sources of ...

The U.S. equity market landscape is constantly evolving. For example, in 2023, the total number of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) dropped to 181, down from 1,035. The Russell 2000 Index’s ...

Volatility trading is different from other types of trading, yet it can be a profitable form of playing the stock market for those interested in pursuing it. Everyday trading tends to focus on the ...

In investor terms, volatility is the word often associated with the condition markets fear most: uncertainty. There is a certain amount of volatility every day, exacerbated occasionally by dramatic ...

For years, I’ve believed that volatility is the primary driver of investment. It’s an inarticulate encapsulation of a capital markets theory, but when all the rhetoric is boiled away, volatility ...

In this article we will test a trading system based on a trend-following breakout logic, applied to one of the world's most famous and most traded indexes, the Nasdaq. Since we are trading the CME ...