Effective date: 2026-04-24. Last reviewed on 2026-04-24.
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We do not know your identity, financial situation, objectives, time horizon, risk tolerance, or tax position. Any statement on the site — including descriptions of VIX levels, term-structure shapes, options strategies, or ETF behaviour — is general in nature and may not be appropriate for your circumstances. You should consult a qualified and licensed financial, tax, or legal professional in your jurisdiction before making any investment or trading decision.
Risk warning: volatility products
Trading volatility products is generally considered complex and carries substantial risk. In particular:
- VIX futures (VX contracts) are leveraged derivatives. Adverse moves can result in losses larger than the initial margin and can require additional margin deposits at short notice.
- VIX options can expire worthless and are affected by time decay, volatility changes, and settlement mechanics that differ from single-stock options. Writers of uncovered options can face theoretically unlimited losses.
- VIX-linked ETFs and ETNs (for example VXX, UVXY, VIXY, SVXY) track VIX futures, not spot VIX. They are subject to roll costs, contango decay, daily rebalancing effects, and — for ETNs — issuer credit risk. Long-holding-period returns can differ materially from the spot VIX, often adversely.
- Leveraged and inverse products aim for a stated multiple of daily returns. Over multiple sessions the achieved ratio can diverge significantly from the stated one, especially during periods of high realised volatility.
- Short volatility strategies can experience rapid and severe drawdowns during volatility spikes. Historical episodes include extreme single-session losses for short-volatility products.
Past performance of any index, product, or strategy is not indicative of future results. You could lose some or all of your invested capital, and in some cases more than your initial outlay.
Data accuracy
Market data displayed on VIXChart.com is provided by third parties, principally through embedded TradingView widgets. Quotes may be delayed, inaccurate, temporarily missing, or subject to correction. Before making any decision that depends on a specific price or level, verify it against official exchange sources (for example, CBOE for VIX and VIX futures settlement values).
Historical statements
When we refer to historical events — the 2008 financial crisis, the 2020 COVID shock, individual high-VIX sessions, or index all-time highs — we use well-known published figures. Even so, readers should treat historical discussion as educational context and not as a forecast of future VIX behaviour. Structural features of the volatility market, including product design and participant composition, change over time.
Forward-looking statements
Where the site discusses what might happen — for example, how a given term-structure shape has historically preceded certain VIX outcomes, or how a Fed event might affect implied volatility — such discussion is inherently uncertain. Markets can behave differently from any historical base rate. Do not treat general probabilistic statements as guarantees.
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Last reviewed on 2026-04-24.