Investors and traders alike have surely run across the Volatility Index, commonly referred to as the VIX, in headlines from time to time. Many are quick to overlook this valuable indicator since they ...
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 ...
Buy low, sell high. The trend is your friend. Sell in May and go away. Wall Street is teeming with familiar financial adages. But there’s one you may not have heard of: “When the VIX is high, it’s ...
The concept of a Volatility Index (VIX) was first introduced by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) in 1993. Originally, based on the S&P 100 index, it was revised in 2003 to track the S&P 500 ...
The ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF owns one- and two-month futures on the VIX, the volatility index, aiming to be leveraged 1.5x. Historically, the VIX and leveraged exposure to it have ...
What’s Driving the Resurgence in VIX Options Trading? VIX® volatility index option volumes are averaging over 740k contracts a day so far this year, which if sustained, would make 2023 a record volume ...