Volatility represents how large an asset's prices swing around the mean price—it is a statistical measure of its dispersion of returns. There are several ways to measure volatility, including beta coefficients, option pricing models, and standard deviations of returns.

Market volatility is the frequency and magnitude of price movements, up or down. The bigger and more frequent the price swings, the more volatile the market is said to be.

Volatility is the amount and frequency of price changes. It measures how wildly they swing and how often they move higher or lower.

The term “price volatility” is used to describe price fluctuations of a commodity. Volatility is measured by the day-to-day percentage difference in the price of the commodity. The degree of variation, not the level of prices, defines a volatile market.

Volatility is a measure of the rate of fluctuations in the price of a security over time. It indicates the level of risk associated with the price changes of a security. Investors and traders calculate the volatility of a security to assess past variations in the prices to predict their future movements.