Options traders are bracing for a stock-market crash

Last Updated: March 3, 2025 at 5:24 p.m. ETFirst Published: March 3, 2025 at 12:50 p.m. ETOptions traders are bracing for a looming stock-market crash, the latest data from Cboe Global Markets shows.A dispatch from Cboe Global Markets’ Mandy Xu, shared with MarketWatch on Monday, revealed that demand for deep out-of-the-money call options tied to the Cboe Volatility Index VIX — otherwise known as the VIX, or Wall Street’s ”fear gauge” — surged last