For options traders, volatility often matters just as much as price direction. The problem? Tracking metrics like IV Rank, IV ...

Volatility is often called the fear gauge of the options market. When fear rises, volatility spikes — option premiums get expensive, risks increase, and opportunities can shift in an instant. When ...

Implied volatility shows how much movement the market is expecting in the future. Options with high levels of implied volatility suggest that investors in the underlying stocks are expecting a big ...

Emerging Markets Finance & Trade, Vol. 55, No. 13, Special Issue: Symposium: Chinese Derivatives Markets (2019), pp. 2997-3022 (26 pages) We extract the short-, medium-, and long-term factors from the ...

CHICAGO, Sept. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it will provide market participants with enhanced tools to analyze options market data, ...

Volatility (VIX) will likely return to the market in a big way starting next week, as realized volatility levels have fallen sharply and the stabilizing forces from the February options expiration ...

With the S&P 500 Index (SPX) hitting new all-time highs recently, the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX ) has dropped to its lowest level since mid-February. This isn't unexpected, as the VIX tends to move ...