The VIX chart dating back to 2004 shows the 2008 and 2020 spikes to over the 80-level during the 2008 global financial crisis and the 2020 worldwide pandemic. The two events surprised and shocked ...

The VIX at the 21.50 level on October 20 remains too low in the current environment. The long-term VIX chart highlights the rise from the September 12.68 low to the most recent 21.83 high.

With signs of generally extended positioning within equities, investors are debating the most effective way to protect gains ...

Even though the current difference isn't 10, it is still pretty high, with the VIX at 23 and real market volatility around 15.

At the 20 level, the VIX could still be too low in the current environment. The VIX fell to 12.70 in December 2025 before exploding to over 60 again in April 2025.

Maybe the VIX's spike can benefit options traders after all... Subscribers to Chart of the Week received this commentary on Sunday, March 8. The current trade war rhetoric is impossible to escape ...

But a breakout in yields and a MOVE surge above 100 would flip the switch to risk-off. Below is the MOVE+VIX chart Current snapshot of the U.S. Treasury market: ...

Yahoo finance VIX chart beginning 1997 to end 2012. The red dotted line above still represents the current VIX index level (January 6 th of 16.04), as it did in the first chart.