Thomas Lee, managing partner and head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors, outlined in a recent CNBC interview why the VIX – a real-time volatility index from the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) – will become an important indicator for equity markets and possibly Bitcoin in the coming months. VIX was created to quantify market…
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But concerns remain that the cryptocurrency could fall harder than its traditional rivals in 2022 on the U.S. Federal Reserve’s increasingly hawkish tones. Bitcoin (BTC) may be down over 30% from its record high of $69,000, but it has emerged as one of the best-performing financial assets in 2021. BTC has bested the United States…
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Option traders seem to be quite fearful in October. The Crypto Volatility Index, or CVX, is now live as a beta test and proof of concept. The index tracks the implied volatility of crypto options in a similar fashion to the VIX index used in stock markets. The VIX is usually referred to as the…
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