Bonita Springs, FL – March 12, 2012 – Today Mr. Mitch Boraz, Senior Consultant at the Asset Consulting Group of St. Louis presented a new paper — “Key Tools for Hedging and Tail Risk Management” — at CBOE’s 28th Annual Risk Management Conference (RMC) www.cboermc.com The study, the second of two ACG papers commissioned by [...]
Trading volume for security futures on the CBOE Emerging Markets ETF Volatility Index (VXEEM; futures ticker VXEM) was 1,106 contracts on January 11th, (the third day of trading). In contrast, the trading volume for VIX® futures was 191 contracts on March 30, 2004, its 3rd day of trading. In addition, options on the VXEEM Index [...]
New VVIX Index Measures the Volatility of Volatility
Bonita Springs, Fla., March 14, 2012 – Today CBOE introduced the new “VIX of VIX® Index (ticker: VVIX(SM)). www.cboe.com/VVIX The new VIX of VIX Index tracks the expected volatility of the CBOE Volatility Index® (the VIX® Index), the world’s most widely-followed market volatility index. VVIX reflects the market’s consensus of expected volatility of the 30-day [...]