Summary
CBOE VIX Volatility Index is a stock index: one number that says how a chosen group of companies is doing together. An index cannot be bought itself; you buy a fund that tracks it.
What speaks for it
Nothing stands out in its favour.
What to watch
- In the last five years it once dropped by 54% from its high.
An index has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +19%
- 3 months
- +7.2%
- This year
- +16%
- 1 year
- +10%
- 3 years
- +9.5%
- 5 years
- +1.8%
- 10 years
- +26%
Where is it within the last year?
Mid-range- Against the 50-day average
- +20%
- Against the 200-day average
- +9.5%
It is 23% below its highest and 32% above its lowest of the last year. The long-term trend points up: it is above its 200-day average.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 10 years
- +2.3%
- Deepest drop
- -54%
- Yearly volatility
- 86%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 2.3%. Deepest drop in these years: 54% below the earlier high.