US stocks begin the new week unchanged, while spot VIX nears a 15-handle. A pullback or retracement in stocks appears reasonable, but the structure of volatility is suggesting lower ranges of motion.

The S&P 500 options market is currently reflecting heightened short-term anxiety, as seen through a rare condition known as backwardation in the implied volatility term structure. In this state, ...

U.S. markets experienced a significant shift in sentiment in March. Volatility shocks are much more pronounced in shorter-term options than longer-dated contracts. This reflects the observed behavior ...

DUBAI, UAE, Oct. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Bybit, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has released its latest Bybit x Block Scholes September Volatility Report: ...

The S&P 500 options market is flashing signs of unusual short-term anxiety. Traders have bid up the prices of near-term options so much that the implied volatility for options expiring in the next ...

Two years after the peak of the financial crisis the tail risk that defines such events has not been forgotten, in the equity markets at least. In the universe of equity volatility products (Vix), ...

Investors seeking to hedge against abrupt market shocks have received little comfort this year from volatility-linked exchange-traded products. The VIX, Wall Street’s so-called “fear gauge,” has been ...