Fellow traders call him “Captain Condor,” and he and his mates are making waves in the options market. The captain, or the ...

The fund’s option overlay narrows its outcomes and provides a smoother path to equity returns. On top of an equity portfolio that resembles the S&P 500, the fund overlays three-month index ...

Leveraged volatility exchange-traded funds are specialized exchange-traded funds that use derivatives and borrowed capital to ...

Cboe Global Markets (BATS:CBOE) said Monday it has rolled out options trading for the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index (SP500EW), ...

The VIX Volatility Index measures fluctuations in S&P future stock prices – and investor fears in uncertain economic times ...

The VIX rises when investor uncertainty increases, and it's calculated based on real-time pricing of S&P 500 index options. It essentially reflects the market's expectations for volatility over a ...

The US equity options market is highly fragmented. There are 18 different exchanges, offering different fee structures, ...

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This is simply a real-time measure of expected 30-day volatility in the S&P 500 based on index options pricing. So you take all the S&P 500 index options out there, and it's actually 24 to 37 days ...

Options traders are betting that market volatility is here to stay. The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, known as Wall Street's "fear gauge," rose to 28.25 Thursday afternoon. Traders are betting it ...

New options provide investors additional choice and diversification through broad U.S. equity market exposure.