Bitcoin's (BTC) volatility, in hibernation for much of 2025, is stirring awake, signaling a phase of heightened price swings and uncertainty. The shift is evident in Volmex's 30-day implied volatility ...

The S&P 500 (^GSPC) surged 2.3% on Thursday, marking the biggest daily gain for the index so far in 2024. Just three days earlier, the S&P 500 registered its biggest single-day loss of 2024.

Increasing volatility quickly followed by decreasing volatility: it’s the sort of thing that typically keeps Wall Street on edge. The early August selling was more extreme than usual, as measured by ...

Wild swings and big moves aren’t just confined to equities anymore. The MOVE index, which tracks vol in the market for options on Treasury notes and bonds, just spiked above 137. That puts it at the ...

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SpiderRock Gateway Technologies (“SpiderRock”), a leading provider of analytical option data, announced today the release of “Chart Tool”, a web application for visualizing ...

Except for gold, implied volatilities for most asset classes ended 2025 near a 1-year low. Gold has been the biggest ...

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has sometimes been referred to as "digital gold," suggesting that it can be a safe haven type of investment, and that it can help hedge against volatility in the stock market.

The primary determinant of put and call option premiums is implied volatility, or the price variance the market expects over a coming period. The VIX index is a compilation of the implied volatility ...

CNN’s Fear & Greed Index is a way to gauge stock market movements and whether stocks are fairly priced. The index uses seven market indicators to help answer the question: What emotion is driving the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. John Navin is a Colorado-based journalist who writes about stocks. United States & In God we Trust text, highly magnified surface ...

The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), also known as the Fear Index, is the key measure of market expectations of 30 day volatility of the S&P 500 stock index option prices. In 2013, the VIX was a great ...