The VIX, sometimes referred to as the fear index, is derived from the price of S&P 500 index options; it provides a more or less objective measure of real-time sentiment and market stress -- and ...

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 ...

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.

"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 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 ...