From an investment perspective, volatility is typically discussed in two broad categories: historical volatility and implied ...

Volatility refers to the degree of variation in the price or value of an asset, security, or market over a specific period, typically measured by the standard deviation or variance of returns. It ...

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 ...

Volatility arbitrage is a trading strategy that aims to profit by exploiting differences between forecasted and implied ...

NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2018 — A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States, on Feb. 5, 2018. U.S. stocks closed sharply lower on Monday, with the Dow plummeting 4.60 percent ...

Gold posted a potentially bearish outside day after hitting a record high, signaling potential consolidation or pullback as ...

Financial markets remained remarkably orderly and liquid during the wild price swings at the height of April’s US tariff tantrum, senior traders told ISDA’s annual general meeting in Amsterdam on ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Uncertainty around President Donald Trump's new tariff regime has upended the US stock market, triggering a state of extreme volatility in April that is unlikely to settle in the short term. Equities ...