For investors, a high Vix means that they need to focus on quality and stick to their stop-loss strategy,' an analyst said.

Leveraged Volatility Funds: The ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF ( UVXY ), ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF ( SVXY ), and 2x Long VIX Futures ETF ( UVIX ).

The year began on a volatile note, with heightened geopolitical uncertainties and tariff tensions accounting for much of the uncertainty in January. Even so, markets proved resilient, with the S&P 500 ...

The Cboe Volatility Index — which is often referred to as "Wall Street's fear gauge" — was trading 3.7% higher on Friday, just below 14. The VIX measures expected volatility by looking at the premium ...

Volatility has surged with the Volatility Index (VIX) up 13% and the MOVE Index, which tracks volatility in the U.S. Treasury market, higher by 6%. In Friday pre-market trading, the Invesco QQQ (QQQ) ...

Last Friday's brief spike in the Cboe Volatility index, or VIX, likely leaves the market on a sounder footing, according to strategists at Duality Research. The VIX is an option-derived measure of ...

Market uncertainty has been a prevalent theme of 2025, keeping volatility front and center within capital markets. Thus far, the defining volatility moment for the year occurred in April 2025, when ...