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 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...