The VIX has declined sharply since April, recently hitting a five-month low ahead of the seasonally bullish August.

Bloomberg's Cameron Crise discusses the blase market reaction to events in Iran and how the behavior of the VIX is broadly similar across various political regimes. Jun 23, 2025 Share This Episode: ...

Indeed, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF, ticker SPY, and the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETF, ticker VXX, had muted increases in value traded compared to inverse tech funds.

In response, the S&P Volatility Index (VIX)—often called Wall Street's "fear gauge" —has surged to its highest level since last August and this is where things get interesting for bitcoin.

The Cboe volatility index or VIX, which measures expected fluctuations in the S&P 500 Index, has been on a downtrend for the past month and dropped to 15.7 on Tuesday, near the lowest since February ...

They see the S&P 500 ending the year at 2,414, according to a Bloomberg survey of 19 strategists, less than 0.1% from last Friday's closing price. Story continues ...

"VIX at 38 Is Waterloo for the Beloved Short Volatility Trade" - Bloomberg "@lisaabramowicz1 The VIX has gone vertical, now at the highest level since March 2009" – (chart) Twitter ...

The next closest was in 2016 when we were at 13.2, but in election years, you do sometimes see these spikes and a VIX around 20, that's where you kind of have to get, 19, 20, to see a more ...