The 'VIX' Hit Its Highest Level of 2026 as Investors Assessed the Potential Impact of the War in the Middle East ...

The Cboe Volatility Index — known as the VIX or Wall Street’s “fear gauge” — has surged over 60% so far this year to trade above 27.3 earlier this week. This is a "statistically unusual level," and ...

The VIX, or "fear gauge," measures expected stock market volatility over 30 days. A higher VIX suggests increased market stress and potential stock market declines. Stock market uncertainty from ...

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 ...

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump’s decision to first impose and then pause ‘retaliatory tariffs’ on about 90 countries, including India, has led to upheaval in the global markets. On Wednesday, a ...

Investors and traders alike have surely run across the Volatility Index, commonly referred to as the VIX, in headlines from time to time. Many are quick to overlook this valuable indicator since they ...

Traders’ so-called ‘fear gauge’ has reached its highest level since the onset of the pandemic, as investors brace for more market uncertainty in the wake of Trump’s swingeing tariffs. The Vix index, ...

Shorting a proxy of the VIX Index using SVXY can yield over 20% annualized returns since 2019 by utilizing mean reversion. Strategy 1 involves incremental capital allocation at VIX levels of 20, 30, ...

What it does: Tracks short-term VIX futures contracts. Why it matters now: The VIX has plummeted more than 65% since peaking in early April, leaving room for big upside potential if market jitters ...

Pair traders hunting for an edge might want to focus on a little-known gauge tied to bitcoin BTC $71,151.70 and the S&P 500. That gauge is the spread between Volmex’s BVIV – the 30-day implied ...

The Simplify Volatility Premium ETF sells VIX futures for income, hedging with out-of-the-money VIX calls to mitigate large volatility spikes. SVOL allocates excess capital into diversified ...