Fear gauge The Cboe Volatility Index (a.k.a. VIX a.k.a. the fear gauge) is elevated again. If history is a guide, that could mean stocks will move higher on average. Fortune
we can trade VIX futures. however, I stopped subscribing to the CBOE data feed as the Vix futures volume was rather low. There are quite a few financial instruments that have very low volume (worse zero volume).
I argue differently here: https://blog.orats.com/is-the-vix-in-a-bubble-matt-amberson-weighs-in-on-reuters