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VIX Chart
17.31 -6.13% close-to-close +15.8% YTD Close of Oct 20, 2026
The VIX is the market's stress thermometer, useful for spotting fear spikes, complacency, and regime shifts in risk.
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This free chart covers the last five years. Everything older, plus the CSV and JSON downloads, comes with a paid NASDUCK subscription.
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The latest values and a keyboard-readable date table are below the chart. CSV and JSON downloads are for NASDUCK paid members.
Use Price for the raw chart and % from view start when you want to compare the move across any chosen window. In percent mode, the first visible session becomes 0% and the scale stays linear. Log is available only when every loaded price is positive. Tip: drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom, and use Reset view to snap back quickly.
Dates & readable data
Selected historical events
Curated anchors for market context, rather than a complete news feed. Toggle markers above to place them on the chart.
How To Read It
- Start with YTD or 1Y to frame the current move, then drop to 10D or 1M for the tactical read.
- Use the 20, 50, and 200 day averages as context for trend strength, not as exact support or resistance lines.
- Switch to % from view start when you want the move over the selected window instead of raw price.
Next step Fear shows up here first. TradeWatch reads it every market day.
VIX and put/call tell you how nervous the market is. TradeWatch adds what people are actually piling into, plus earnings targets.