The VIX, is an option-derived measure of expected S&P 500 volatility that's known as Wall Street's fear gauge. Its long-run average is about 19. Skip to main content ...

The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is among the key factors many investors are focusing on now, more than they have in years. That’s because for the better part of the past five years (since the ...

A cool inflation reading from the Labor Department outweighed the deteriorating trade war, sending U.S. stocks higher ...

The CBOE VIX index, the option-derived measure of expected S&P 500 volatility that's known as Wall Street's fear gauge, has eased back slightly from the highs seen during the latest market sell-off.

The S&P VIX Index (VIX) traded at 18.62 in mid-afternoon action after topping 19 earlier in the session. On Friday afternoon, ...

The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, climbed to 22.78 on Monday. That is its highest closing level since the day after the Federal Reserve’s December meeting, when the central bank’s wait-and ...

At the time I’m writing this, the volatility index (VIX) closely watched by many investors is trading above 25, a key level many in the market attribute to heightened investor uncertainty.

Hedging stock-market risk by buying VIX calls has become such a popular trade that it could turn into a destabilizing force, some strategists warn. More than 1 million call options on the Cboe ...

The VIX index has been around for decades, measuring the implied volatility of the S&P 500 stocks, the most diversified U.S. stock market index. Implied volatility is a consensus sentiment ...

Options traders also jumped into action. Trading volumes for call options tied to the VIX were at their highest level since early September, according to Cboe Global Markets data. Calls confer the ...