Trading activity in Vix futures hit record levels last Thursday (August 10) as levered and inverse volatility exchange-traded products (ETPs) scrambled to rebalance their holdings. As volatility rose, ...

Stocks are volatile. That much is understood by most investors, but what exactly is volatility and how is it measured for the overall stock market? You may have seen references to something called the ...

VIX Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large volatility speculators raised their bullish net positions in the VIX Futures markets this week for the first time in four weeks, according to the latest ...

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VIX Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large volatility speculators lowered their net positions in the VIX futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data ...

With US stock market volatility creeping lower and lower, investors searching for yield have piled into exchange-traded products (ETPs) that are short volatility. They have performed phenomenally well ...

The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, is a benchmark that measures the expected future volatility of the S&P 500 index. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising ...

Asset managers flipped to net-long VIX futures exposure, adding 5.2k long contracts and reducing shorts by -6.4k contracts. I noted in last week’s report that bullish bets for the VIX were rising ...

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VIX measures expected S&P 500 volatility, aiding short-term market outlooks. VIX surges hint at investor anxiety, predicting possible market drops. Though insightful, VIX often overestimates actual ...