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 ...

Volatility can be an option trader's best friend or worst enemy, depending on how it's approached. High implied volatility percentile signals that options prices are elevated compared to their ...

Market volatility explained simply. Discover what moves prices, how the VIX fear index works, and what historical and implied ...

CorningGLW is showing incredibly high implied volatility at 70.84%, which is higher than normal for this stock. As option traders, we can take advantage of that high volatility by selling a short ...

The Iran war is fueling stock market volatility, but there are two other underlying forces Goldman says will keep volatility ...

Volatility is not a market malfunction. It is a feature of markets that periodically reassess fundamentals under genuine ...

Small-cap stocks generally have a negative correlation with volatility, and as the VIX (VIX) has surged from a low of 13 late last year to above 25 this month amid the Iran conflict. Jill Carey Hall, ...