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 ...

The VIX index is by far the most popular volatility indicator, but it's not the only one. The VOLI is similar to VIX in construction, with one key difference. VOLI only uses at the money SPY options ...

The VIX index isn't the only forward implied volatility index. There are other indexes of different time frames ranging from 9 days to 1 year. They are called VIX9D, VIX3M, VIX6M, VIX1Y. Because of ...

Many investors treat the VIX, the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, as a forward-looking market indicator. The VIX, colloquially known as Wall Street’s “fear gauge,” measures expected ...

Wall Street's fear gauge may not be so scary if you have an eye toward long-term investing. A key market fear indicator, the CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX), recently had its biggest three-day spike of ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cuemacro, a research firm identifying the cues in macro markets, today released a study of a hypothetical trading model using the Investopedia Anxiety Index (IAI) as a ...

What is Vix? We explain how the fear index could guide your investment decisions. Call options give you the right, but not the obligation, to buy a specific asset at a set price at a set time, while ...

The “VIX” is the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Volatility Index. Created in 1986, it measures the stock market’s expectation of volatility based on S&P 500 index option’s price movement. It is ...

Market volatility remains subdued as measured by the CBOE Volatility (VIX) Index. VIX is a real-time index that represents the market expectation for near-term volatility in the S&P 500 index.

The recent surge in stocks on the heels of the U.S. election has so far coincided with a drop in Wall Street’s fear gauge, as investors watch market volatility for clues as to whether the rally will ...

Funny thing about the stock market: Fear and greed are clearly the dominant emotional drivers for tens of millions of investors. But if you allow fear and greed to drive your trading decisions... Well ...