Volatility is the readiness with which a substance vaporizes.

Volatility is also critical for steel-making and power generation, as this determines the burn rate of the coal.

** Volatility: The more volatile the underlying instrument, the higher the price of the warrant will be ( as the warrant is more likely to end up in-the-money ).

For instance, the CBOE Volatility Index ( VIX ) is calculated from a weighted average of implied volatilities of various options on the S & P 500 Index.

* Volatility risk: is the threat that an exchange rate movement poses to an investor's portfolio in a foreign currency.

Volatility risk is the risk of a change of price of a portfolio as a result of changes in the volatility of a risk factor.

The range of products is enhanced by the implementation of Volatility Index Derivatives, which is for the first time offered for trading by a European Exchange, as well as the launch of all Single Stock Futures on the EURO STOXX 50, DAX to exclusive securities on Swiss SMI.

Volatility is directly related to a substance's vapor pressure.

Commonly used contrarian indicators for investor sentiment are Volatility Indexes ( informally also referred to as " Fear indexes "), like VIX, which by tracking the prices of financial options, gives a numeric measure of how pessimistic or optimistic market actors at large are.

* Damiano Brigo, Fabio Mercurio, Francesco Rapisarda and Giulio Sartorelli, Volatility Smile Modeling with Mixture Stochastic Differential Equations ( PDF )

Volatility affects the chemical composition of the explosive such that a marked reduction in stability may occur, which results in an increase in the danger of handling.

Volatility of cash surrender values, especially at late duration, can cause a " reverse dollar cost averaging " effect that results in higher costs of insurance charges.

While working at Duke University, former Professor Robert E. Whaley developed the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index ( ticker symbol: VIX ), a measure of the implied market volatility.

They found a modest correlation of 0. 62 between the 10-year equity premium and a measure of implied volatility ( in this case VIX, the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index ).

( Other risk types include Foreign exchange, Shape, Volatility, Sector, Liquidity, Inflation risks, etc.

* Volatility arbitrage: exploit the change in implied volatility instead of the change in price.

Also important are sentiment indicators such as Put / Call ratios, bull / bear ratios, short interest, Implied Volatility, etc.

* Volatility – Moral panics are highly volatile and tend to disappear as quickly as they appeared due to a wane in public interest or news reports changing to another topic.

Volatility instruments are financial instruments that track the value of implied volatility of other derivative securities.

There are also other commonly referenced volatility indices such as the VXN index ( Nasdaq 100 index futures volatility measure ), the QQV ( QQQ volatility measure ), IVX-Implied Volatility Index ( an expected stock volatility over a future period for any of US securities and exchange traded instruments ), as well as options and futures derivatives based directly on these volatility indices themselves.

* Interactive Java Applet " Implied Volatility vs.

Adjustments may then be made for moneyness ; see Implied volatility surface under Volatility smile.

" Electoral Systems, Ethnic Fragmentation, and Party System Volatility in Sub-Saharan African Countries ", Northeast African Studies, Volume 10, Number 2, 2003 ( New Series ), pp. 203 – 220

UBS investment bank currently operates shoulder rank insignia amongst its Volatility Trading Department.

The CBOE calculates and disseminates the CBOE Volatility Index ( VIX ), the CBOE S & P 500 BuyWrite Index ( BXM ), and other indexes.

Eric Ghysels and B. Sohn ( 2009 ) Which Power Variation Predicts Volatility Well?

Other types include Foreign exchange, Shape, Volatility, Sector, Liquidity, Inflation risks, etc.

* C. Grunspan, " Asymptotics Expansions for the Implied Lognormal Volatility: a Model Free Approach "

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