Wall Street banks favor dispersion trades, upside volatility bets & VIX call spreads as stocks rally amid AI, policy and ...

(Reuters) -The value of derivative-related margin calls at hedge funds and other market participants nearly tripled after the Trump administration announced larger-than-expected U.S. tariffs this ...

Volatility trading has been booming in recent years as hedge funds and a growing number of traditional fund managers have turned to volatility products, particularly variance swaps, for trading ...

70% of derivatives professionals predicted growth in January 2025, with potential capacity challenges possible if volumes continue to rise, according to a Coalition Greenwich report. Recent market ...

Stochastic volatility is the unpredictable nature of asset price volatility over time. It's a flexible alternative to the Black Scholes' constant volatility assumption.

We expect Singapore Exchange’s strategy for the foreseeable future to focus on maintaining or reclaiming its status as a regional financial hub in a deglobalizing world. Singapore is a small ...

Nov 29 (Reuters) - The flip in the positioning of a large swathe of derivatives traders in Indian stocks indicates that they expect volatility to pick up in December as the market oscillates in a ...

Citing current market conditions, Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) analysts have upgraded three financial stocks, specifically within the hedging and trading services industry: Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ: ...

YieldMax ETFs are built around synthetic or derivative-based exposures to high-volatility assets (e.g., Tesla, MicroStrategy, Coinbase) and generate income by systematically writing call options. As ...

Crypto derivatives often look like a simple reflection of price. They are not. Beneath the surface, a quieter mechanism does ...

Rate volatility in advanced economies drove even larger moves in G7-linked derivatives. BIS reports that euro-denominated ...