Learn how using historical data, instead of standard deviation, offers a more accurate assessment of stock volatility and risk management strategies.

The first step in calculating ATR is to find a series of true range values for a security. The price range of an asset for a given trading day is its high minus its low. To find an asset's true range ...

Stocks have been on a wild ride in April. Days when the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) moves more than one percentage point in value have become the norm, while the options-based VIX index (a measure of ...

Our Chief Equity Strategist and Economist, John Blank, wrote recently that the bulk of what happened to large cap U.S. stock indices over the last month was a stock options volatility spike, and a ...

The stock market's realized volatility is at extremely low levels, signaling limited downside and a likely reversal higher soon. Short-term volatility metrics suggest a historical pattern that often ...

Ivanna Hampton: Welcome to Investing Insights. I’m your host, Ivanna Hampton. Investing Insights is helping investors navigate market volatility in a new series. Morningstar strategists and authors ...

The U.S. stock market is poised to be kept on edge next year as investors are caught between fear of missing out on the artificial-intelligence rally and concern that it’s a bubble just waiting to ...