A gauge of investor anxiety was climbing Friday amid the stock market’s selloff, as traders prepared for the White House’s expected rollout of reciprocal tariffs next week. The Cboe Volatility Index, ...

The Cboe Volatility Index, an options-based gauge of expected volatility in the S&P 500 widely known by its trading symbol, VIX, jumped Monday morning to its highest level since December.

That is because the April 17, 2025 $17.5 Call had some of the highest implied volatility of all equity options today. Implied volatility shows how much movement the market is expecting in the future.

Bitcoin (BTC) volatility climbed to 3.6% on March 19 — the highest point since August 2024, according to data from CoinGlass. The volatility reflects heightened market uncertainty amid ...

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 ...