First, the Expected Move. The Expected Move is the amount that options traders believe a stock price will move up or down. It can serve as a quick way to see where real-money option traders are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kristin McKenna, President, Darrow Wealth Management in Boston, MA There’s plenty for investors to worry about when their ...

Realized Volatility is a key financial metric that measures the historical price fluctuations of an asset, typically a stock, currency, or commodity, over a specific period. Unlike implied volatility, ...

Emotional bias drives costly reactions - panic selling during downturns or chasing winners during rallies often leads to ...

It is doubtful that any level of sophistication in the use of financial instruments will ever create a new paradigm of permanently lower volatility. Complicated derivatives and securitizations are ...

The stock market was "volatile" in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was "volatile" again, to a lesser degree, ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Maybe you've heard about the ...