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, an options-based gauge of expected volatility in the S&P 500 widely known by its trading symbol, VIX, jumped Monday morning to its highest level since December.

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 ...

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 ...

The current TMC Research VIX Risk Indicator (VRI) reading is mildly negative (-0.24, as of 2:15pm Eastern on Feb. 6). That aligns with a neutral reading for the VIX outlook. In other words ...

The CBOE VIX index, a measure of expected S&P 500 volatility that's known as Wall Street's fear gauge, is soaring more than 30% to just above 19, as traders pay up for put options. Put options ...

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 ...