These alternative ETFs can help investors express a view on market volatility, but beware of tax complications and high fees.

VIX ETFs use futures to track market volatility, not direct VIX numbers, suitable for tactical trades. Contango and high fees can erode long-term returns in VIX ETFs; they're best for short-term ...

Here’s the ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (VIXY), the ETF I use most often to try to hedge against sudden market breakdowns. The ProShares Short S&P 500 ETF (SH), ProShares Short QQQ (PSQ), ...

Rising tensions in the Middle East have renewed investor interest in volatility ETFs, which are designed to increase in value as expected market volatility rises. VIX-linked ETFs track short-term ...

Eventually, the U.S.-Iran fiasco will cool off. And when it does, we’ll be offered an interesting opportunity on the short side of volatility. Right now, even though tensions are sky-high, the VIX is ...

The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to one and one-half times (1.5x) the performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index for a single day.

Options-income ETFs live and die by implied volatility, which is why the market’s early read on new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh ...

The monster rally in semiconductor stocks hit a wall on Friday, and the VIX at last caught up with other volatility metrics.

Whether it's macro complexity, divergent market performance, or investor uncertainty, any way you slice it, the recipe for volatility is baked in. So why isn’t the VIX reflecting that? “Vixologist” ...

Markets across all asset classes have been waiting for the next shoe to drop in the Middle East as the U.S. and Iran remain in a standoff. While the “ceasefire” was extended past the deadline, the ...

If you bought ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (CBOE:UVXY) a year ago hoping to ride the next panic, your account ...