Methodology: Current constituents, not point-in-time membership. History starts 2012-11-14 and can carry survivorship or constituent-change bias.
S&P 500 Sector Volatility (20D)
This board shows where sector-level risk is rising or cooling off, which helps separate fragile leadership from steady leadership.
This free chart covers the last twelve months. Everything older, plus the CSV and JSON downloads, comes with a paid NASDUCK subscription.
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Latest 20-Day Sector Volatility
Higher readings indicate greater realized risk, not stronger performance. Updated through 2026-10-20.
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How To Read It
- High readings mean sector-level price swings are becoming less orderly and more fragile.
- Risk matters most when it stays elevated after a move rather than fading quickly.
- Compare sector volatility with sector momentum to see whether leadership is strong or simply unstable.
Breadth and sector charts tell you the weather. They just can't tell you which stock to hold for the next 10 days - that's the whole job of the Dig for Stocks algorithm.