Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I navigate market volatility in Options. This article is more than 9 years old. VIX is a trademarked ticker symbol for the CBOE ...

The VIX index isn't the only forward implied volatility index. There are other indexes of different time frames ranging from 9 days to 1 year. They are called VIX9D, VIX3M, VIX6M, VIX1Y. Because of ...

Investors who want to get a read on stock market sentiment can turn to the CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, to interpret patterns of expected future volatility before making investment decisions. The ...

Options traders love volatility, because it can take options that are worth almost nothing and turn them into huge moneymakers overnight. One way of measuring how much volatility there is in the ...

You can't turn on the business news these days without hearing about the Volatility Index, or VIX. When investors are anxiously buying and selling, causing stock market prices to reach greater highs ...

Sometimes, experiences in the stock market may feel like a long, unpredictable road trip through Texas: One minute, it’s bumper-to-bumper chaos, and in the thick of it, using your blinkers may even be ...

We have all heard the VIX or volatility index referred to as the Fear Index or Fear Gauge. Rising VIX was meant to signal fear in the markets. That is how most investors have historically thought ...

Cross-asset volatilities declined across the board on the back of President-elect Trump’s nomination of Scott Bessent to Treasury secretary. The VIX Index fell to 13.5 last Friday - its lowest level ...

With stocks and index ETFs losing more than 3% over the last couple of days, volatility, as measured by the VIX, has been spiking. After a period of enduring complacency, the CBOE Volatility Index, a ...

Volatility and uncertainty are an inherent part of investing in the stock market. However, there are some tools that may help ...