Volatility Trading Intensifies as the VIX Becomes a Trading Tool
The Chicago Board Options Exchange’s VIX is flush with liquidity. Investors are flocking to it with a variety of strategies.
Sarfraz Thind
March 19, 2014
Traders work in the ten-year U.S. Treasury Note options pit at the Chicago Board of Trade in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. The Federal Reserve said the economy is still growing modestly and unemployment remains elevated as it maintains $40 billion in monthly purchases of mortgage-backed securities aimed at spurring the three-year expansion. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
