The level of the VIX is one measure to gauge fear in the equity markets. When the near-term VIX index is trading at a higher level than the VIX further in the future, for example, the 3-month VIX (VXV ...

CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, exchange traded funds track the futures and suffer when the market is stuck in contango. However, inverse VIX ETFs are capitalizing on the phenomenon, steadily ...

UVIX suffers from decay, high fees, and limited VIX tracking, making it suitable only for short-term use during volatility ...

Wall Street’s famous fear gauge is sending worrying messages to US stock bulls, betraying growing anxiety in the volatility market over rising tensions in the Middle East and ongoing turbulence in the ...

VIX futures tend to trade in contango (with spot trading at a discount to futures contracts). The VIX curve usually only moves into backwardation (with nearby expirations trading at a premium to later ...

Volatility-linked ETFs that track VIX futures contracts were down sharply for the fourth straight session Tuesday as fear drains from the market after the Greek elections. iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term ...

There has been a lot of talk recently about whether the VIX is the tail wagging the dog, and I thought I would chime in on the subject. The CBOE Volatility Index has clearly seen a lot of strange ...

In this episode of ETF Spotlight, I speak with Leks Gerlak, Investment Strategist at ProShares, the world's largest provider of ETFs benchmarked to VIX futures indexes. Markets have been quite ...

There are numerous articles on the profitability in shorting the Ipath S&P 500 VIX Short-term Future Exchange traded note, A.K.A VXX. Some investors who thought this was a fool-proof strategy will be ...