Action Alerts PLUS co-portfolio manager Bob Lang explained how the CBOE Volatility Index, or the Vix, can be used to help predict both market rallies and market selloffs. J.D. DURKIN: Bob, you've also ...

Calm appears to have returned to Wall Street after the recent mayhem, but one volatility indicator suggests some investors are betting on another round of mammoth swings in the stock market. Wall ...

The VIX ended last week just above 16, bringing it to its highest level in 2024. What does this tell us about investor sentiment, and how does this compare to previous market cycles? Let’s take a ...

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Volatility is important for position sizing, determining risk, calculating stops and profit-targets, and rebalancing portfolios. Average true range is a useful measure for position sizing in futures ...

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Stock market volatility refers to how much a stock's price moves up and down over time. Picture a stock swinging from $50 to $80 and then plummeting back to $30 in a few weeks. That stock has high ...

Fundamentally, trading is about analyzing the supply and demand of a security (asset which can be traded), such as stocks, commodities, or Forex pairs. A trader then makes decisions to purchase or ...

A cooling economy, another lackluster jobs report, impending rate cuts, and the upcoming election — with all of these factors, it's shaping up to be a choppy market environment. And to add fuel to the ...

Volatility traders looking to capitalize on significant price swings may soon find opportunities. A key indicator suggests that bitcoin (BTC), currently above $100,000, resembles a coiled spring ...

The U.S. stock market is unusually quiet after a dramatic start to August, and that's making Wall Street panic - again. Stocks have rebounded quickly after a bruising selloff that shook up global ...