The VIX recently surpassed 40 amid trade-war volatility for the first time since 2020. The VIX moves inversely to the S&P 500 and indicates expected market volatility. To capitalize on the spike, ...

Analysts and traders are adapting to a market dominated by AI-fueled semiconductor rallies, algorithmic headline trading, and sharp intraday volatility patterns. Strategies now emphasize detecting ...

Old-school bond investors are showing that it’s not just the fast-money crowd who can thrive in this volatile new era. Long a staid, reliable place where money managers parked retirement savings, ...

Central bank announcements are among the most significant market-moving events in forex trading. Interest rate decisions, policy statements, and press conferences from institutions such as the Federal ...

Implied volatility shows how much movement the market is expecting in the future. Options with high levels of implied ...

Put and call options are the building blocks of many options trading strategies. A call option gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy a stock at a specified price (the strike price ...

Implied volatility shows how much movement the market is expecting in the future. Options with high levels of implied volatility suggest that investors in the underlying stocks are expecting a big ...

From 2008 to 2024, a stripped-down version of the strategy outlined here would have generated 15% alpha relative to SPY, before bid-ask spreads and tax liabilities are estimated. Assuming 37% capital ...

For years, I’ve believed that volatility is the primary driver of investment. It’s an inarticulate encapsulation of a capital markets theory, but when all the rhetoric is boiled away, volatility ...

Learn how to trade weekly options, understand key differences from monthly options, and use smart strategies to boost short-term trading success. Options trading is taking the stock market by storm.

As new traders flood the market, a return to the basics may help novices understand the fundamentals of options trading. Volatility, for example, refers to the propensity of a security's price to move ...