To Measure Market Volatility, You Oughta Meet VIX
Meet VIX, the ticker symbol for the Chicago Board Options Exchange’s Volatility Index. The VIX, constructed using a wide range of Standard & Poor’s 500 Index options, is a way to express the market’s expectations of volatility over the coming 30 days. What is actually measured by the VIX is the ratio of put options versus call options being bought on the S&P 500. By way of background, the CBOE Volatility Index, originally developed back in 1986, was designed to [...]