May’s unexpected increase in equity market volatility, which led to big mark-to-market losses for some hedge funds, has not dented the variance swaps market, according to dealers. No volume figures on ...

The researchers note that the Black-Scholes model was developed in the 1970s to price simple call and put options, and a key point of the model was that market makers could delta hedge – cancel out ...

Stochastic volatility models have revolutionised the field of option pricing by allowing the volatility of an asset to vary randomly over time rather than remain constant. These models have ...

IT IS A CRUEL twist that the product developed to allow dealers and hedge funds to trade volatility as an asset class has come to be paralyzed by volatility itself. The extreme moves in stocks and ...

The strategists expect equity volatility to be supported in 2026 primarily because asset bubbles tend to get more unstable as ...

NEW YORK, April 6 (Reuters) - A surge in hedging to protect against aggressive Federal Reserve tightening has caused liquidity problems in the interest rate options sector, reflecting a trend that has ...

Traders might remember that ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market value, did not see much volatility after the Merge took place on Sept. 15 and conclude that the upcoming upgrade will be ...