Rough seas: Stock market volatility is here to stay

Related: Falling oil’s next victim: banks

Fed, earnings loom: Investors also remain antsy about when the Federal Reserve will attempt to slowly hike rates after years of keeping them incredibly low.

That alone would normally be enough to keep stocks choppy.

Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2015. All rights reserved.

Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved.

CNN Money