VIX

The stock market is full of multiple "fault lines" that will ultimately lead to an "earthquake on Wall Street," according to Carl Icahn, one of Wall Street's biggest names and founder of Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ: IEP). Icahn thinks the market can recover from the current...

Credit Suisse Group AG (ADR) (NYSE: CS) took the trading community by surprise when the firm announced it will liquidate the popular Credit Suisse AG – VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short Term ETN (NASDAQ: XIV) after the fund plunged more than 80 percent Monday, triggering an “...

The dramatic sell-off in U.S. stocks in the past couple of days has created some unprecedented situations for certain funds. Credit Suisse Group AG (ADR) (NYSE: CS) said Tuesday it will be liquidating one of its most popular volatility trading instruments after Monday’s wild session....

Between a U.S. president who has a reputation for unpredictability, geopolitical uncertainty in North Korea, Russia and elsewhere and a stock market that is within a stone’s throw of all-time highs, it’s understandable for traders to be a bit leery at the moment. Headlines of political...

Traders who have betted on upside in oil and downside in volatility in S&P 500 index would have profited from their strategy this month. According to Morgan Stanley, crude oil rose 53 percent over the past 24 trading days, while the VIX slipped 45 percent over past five weeks, the largest 5...

In a new report, MKM Partners analyst Jim Strugger discusses the market implications of the recent pickup in volatility. According to Strugger, traders should take a cautious approach to stocks regardless of whether or not a bear market has begun. From a historical perspective, every major bear...

In a new report, Deutsche Bank analyst Rocky Fishman discusses the limited downside potential the firm sees in the VIX right now. According to Fishman, there are plenty of reasons to believe that the market will remain fearful and volatile in coming weeks. “We see limited downside to the...

Investors have been treated to plenty of talk about increased market volatility in recent weeks, and such talk can increase the allure of volatility exchange-traded products, such as the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures TM ETN (NYSE: VXX). Whether market participants actually gravitate to...

Last week's scoreboard showed a flattish result, but getting there was far from boring thanks to unprecedented jawboning by global central banks. Friday ended super green – up almost 2 percent – completely erasing the Thursday drubbing. The Friday open should have been weak as a...

The VIX is currently indicating a high degree of uncertainty in the stock market. This week’s payroll and ISM Manufacturing data could be the keys to the market’s next major move. The options market is currently pricing in a 7 percent chance that the S&P will fall another...

Over the past month, the VOLATILITY S&P 500 (INDEXCBOE: VIX) gained more than 150 percent. Alongside that increase in price comes an increase in volumes traded – a fact that should help shares of CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE), UBS said as the analysts raised its price target...

So much has happened, yet nothing has changed. The Federal Reserve's event is gone and so are most of the earnings, so now the focus is back to trading that thesis and some fundamentals while dodging the geo-political headlines. Recapping Last Week's Action Friday markets were all...