ProShares Reduces Leverage on Two Volatility ETFs
ProShares, the largest issuer of inverse and leveraged ETFs, has reduced leverage for two of its volatility ETFs – an attempt to…
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Traders Are Flocking to Bearish Volatility ETF
Last week, the short volatility trade, previously beloved among market participants, unraveled in significant fashion, forcing the termination of one popular bearish…
How ETF Traders Are Repositioning After August Selling
U.S. markets were destabilized in August after pushing toward record highs as a bout of political risks abroad and at home caused…
ETF Investors Taking Short Bets on VIX
After the recent spike in volatility, traders have increased short bets on CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, with bearish-related exchange traded fund…
ETFs to Capitalize on Rising U.S. Equity Volatility
With equities hovering near record highs and market hurdles ahead, investors may want to hedge their short-term risk exposure with CBOE Volatility…
ETFs to Hedge Against a Turn in a Complacent Market
With the equities market rebounding from the sell-off earlier this year and pushing back toward their all-time highs, some more skeptical investors…
Huge Inverse VIX ETP Bets Hint at Investors’ More Stable Outlook
While the markets plunged and the CBOE Volatility Index spiked, some investors threw over a billion dollars into VIX-related exchange traded products,…
Traders Flock to Volatility ETFs
“Volatile” probably is not the most accurate description of U.S. equity markets to this point in 2015, but plenty of traders are…
VIX ETFs Show Investors Grow Complacent in Sideways Market
U.S. equities have been oscillating, but CBOE Volatility Index and VIX-related exchange traded funds investors have been growing increasingly complacent. So far…
Expanding Economic Conditions Should Favor Growth Stock ETFs
Stock exchange traded fund investors should not be dissuaded by the lackluster start to the year as the sudden spike in volatility…
VIX ETFs To Ride Out Market Swings
Now that market volatility is swinging back, investors can hedge against wild market oscillations with exchange traded funds that follow the CBOE…
Father of the VIX Issues Warning on Volatility ETFs
As the broader market reaches new highs, the CBOE Volatility Index, or “VIX,” is dipping toward a seven-year low. While investors can…
VIX ETFs Reveal a Complacent Market
As the CBOE Volatility Index, the so-called fear index, slides below a one-year low, VIX exchange traded product traders could begin to…
Inverse VIX ETF Bets Pay Off on Waning Market Volatility
As volatility wanes, investors have been betting against the CBOE Volatility Index with inverse exchange traded products. However, some are beginning to…