As the CBOE Volatility Index plunged as much as 39 percent in less than four weeks to levels unseen since the early 1990s, options traders were boosting bets on a rebound. There are now more than three outstanding calls for each put, compared with a ratio of 2.3 when the index reached a 2017 high in April.
The VIX, a measure of projected price swings in U.S. stocks, dropped below 10 this week after the outcome of France’s presidential election eased some of the geopolitical concern that whipsawed the gauge last month.
Source: Bloomberg
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