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Volatility For Breakfast

Posted on July 18, 2008

Quick respite from our wall-to-wall Naked Shorting coverage to bring you some .....actual options news. Hat tip Bill, Roger and Dave.We have a new volatility index on our hands, the OVX. This, from the CBOE.The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that beginning on Tuesday, July 15, 2008, the Exchange will be publishing the CBOE Crude Oil Volatility Index (ticker symbol OVX).The OVX, or Oil VIX, measures the market's expectation of 30-day volatility of crude oil prices by applying the well-known CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) methodology to options on the United States Oil Fund...

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