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 ...

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 ...

The S&P 500 options market is currently reflecting heightened short-term anxiety, as seen through a rare condition known as backwardation in the implied volatility term structure. In this state, ...

There are a variety of pre-trade and derivatives trading tools that help examine market sentiment and formulate options strategies. This analysis explores such tools using the September 2024 Hong Kong ...

IV spikes hint at traders to anticipate an IV crush With the new year approaching, many traders are reassessing their strategies and preparing for market conditions ahead. While implied volatility (IV ...

While overall levels of implied volatility remain muted across asset classes, what stands out is the even lower levels of realized volatility. The divergence between the RTY-SPX and QQQ-SPX vol ...

Missile-lobbing between Israel and Iran has created rarely seen bullish conditions in the oil market. The “skew” of three-month call options on West Texas Intermediate crude futures contracts—a ...

The -1x Short VIX Futures ETF offers inverse exposure to short-term implied equity volatility, indirectly targeting the volatility premium through shorting VIX futures. SVIX has historically ...

Bitcoin's BTC $91,395.55 volatility, in hibernation for much of 2025, is stirring awake, signaling a phase of heightened price swings and uncertainty. The shift is evident in Volmex's 30-day implied ...