VIX — how often it moves, by size

NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%

ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%

AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%

NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%

NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%

BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%

TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%

OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%

GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%

AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%

AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%AAPL-0.42%EURUSD-0.18%GOLD+0.31%ETH+1.56%TSLA+3.02%SPX-0.66%MSFT+0.88%USDJPY+0.22%AMZN-1.10%OIL+0.74%META+1.93%GBPUSD-0.05%SOL+4.41%NDX-0.48%GOOGL+0.57%XRP-2.36%DAX+0.19%SILVER-0.83%NFLX+1.12%AUDUSD+0.09%JPM-0.27%NIKKEI+1.41%NVDA+2.14%BTC+1.20%

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Biggest moves on record

Every trading day we hold, as a bar. The five biggest are marked.

1+39.7%5 Jun 2026Max
2+31.8%10 Oct 2025Max
3+26.7%20 Jan 2026High
4+24.2%6 Mar 2026High
5+22.6%16 Oct 2025High

Every day, by size of move

253 trading days, 2025–2026. One square is one day.

Max41.6%
Very High00.0%
High31.2%
Moderate62.4%
Low6324.9%
Very Low17770.0%

Coming up

Dates that often move CBOE Volatility Index, over the next 30 days. Days are in UTC, the world's standard clock.

Wed 28 Octin 8 days US interest rate decisionThe US central bank decides whether to raise, hold or cut rates.

Compared with its neighbours

On a normal day, VIX moves about 4.3% up or down. That is the liveliest of the 25 indexes we follow.

In the news

Recent headlines about CBOE Volatility Index, from the outlets that wrote them.

01CoinDesk2 days agoWall Street freaked out Friday, but VIX and bitcoin trades say the fear may fade Monday.
02Pluang2 days agoBitcoin volatility may rise before U.S. midterms but past data shows mixed, unpredictable market reactions.
03TOKENPOST2 days agoVIX Jumps 21.45% as Longer-Dated Volatility Readings Stay Higher
04BigGo Finance4 days agoUS AI Stocks Hit by Selloff; VIX Fear Gauge Surges 21% in a Day; Large Call Option Bets Position for Volatility to Persist into November
05Yahoo! Finance Canada4 days agoiPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) Stock Price, News, Quote & History
06Moomoo4 days agoCBOE Volatility S&P 500 Index(.VIX) Stock Price Today | Quotes & News