Stocks finished relatively unchanged, with the S&P 500 down just 13 bps. Volatility measures, however, were very much on the move, with 1-month implied correlation higher, the S&P 500 dispersion index ...

What a farce of a day. The S&P 500 ground higher all session to close up 83 bps. At the same time, implied correlations, the VIX, and dispersion all moved lower, while the VIX 1-Day rose. Market ...

What it does: Tracks short-term VIX futures contracts. Why it matters now: The VIX has plummeted more than 65% since peaking in early April, leaving room for big upside potential if market jitters ...

With the S&P 500 Index (SPX) hitting new all-time highs recently, the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX ) has dropped to its lowest level since mid-February. This isn't unexpected, as the VIX tends to move ...

The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, pushed higher as concerns over artificial-intelligence valuations and the Federal Reserve's next interest-rate move assailed markets. The VIX measures expected stock ...

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 ...

Since Wall Street’s “fear index” spiked in April, even casual investors have watched it nervously for signs of whether to buy, hold,, or run for their lives. The CBOE Volatility Index, commonly known ...

Market uncertainty has been a prevalent theme of 2025, keeping volatility front and center within capital markets. Thus far, the defining volatility moment for the year occurred in April 2025, when ...