Nasdaq-100 ended April with a 15.7% monthly gain. Into the second week of May, NDX has tacked on another 4.5%. When index ...

Trading cryptocurrencies is quite challenging right now because the market is caught between opposing forces of issues at crypto-friendly bank Silvergate, operational bottlenecks at major exchanges ...

Implied volatility is a powerful but often misunderstood metric that plays a major role in options trading. Implied volatility doesn’t tell you what’s going to happen to an option’s price, but it ...

Today we are taking a closer look at volatility -- specifically, what it means when there is an abundance or lack of volatility, as well as the two primary types of volatility each options trader must ...

The spread between ether and bitcoin implied volatility indexes has widened, reflecting excitement about the potential debut of spot ETH ETFs in the U.S. Volatility pricing may be off the mark because ...

Mathematical models are used by the financial industry to determine the theoretical value of an option based on key parameters such as the price and volatility of the underlying security, time to ...

Since the options market acts as a good gauge of expected future stock movement, this Special Report highlights select stocks of interest that are expected to show increased volatility around their ...

As a Chicago Cubs fan, I’ve long subscribed to the “hope springs eternal” mindset. On Thursday afternoon, I’ll head to Wrigley Field with my 11-year-old son and “root, root, root for the Cubbies.” In ...

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SpiderRock Gateway Technologies (“SpiderRock”), a leading provider of analytical option data, announced today the release of “Chart Tool”, a web application for visualizing ...

For Wall Street firms, retail traders are attractive market participants because they tend to be less informed about underlying security values and the true trading costs they might be incurring. To ...

The derivative income Morningstar Category netted over $25 billion in inflows in 2023, growing its asset base by half. Much of this investment went to JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF JEPI, which ...

Volatility influences options prices because dramatic price swings amplify gains and losses. While traders can’t look at a crystal ball to see how much volatility the market will endure, implied ...