Market/Volatility
Volatility.
What the options market is pricing for fear — and where that sits against its own year.
as of 2026-11-05
VIX · spot
28.2
elevated · 99th percentile, 1-yr
Change today+11.6
1-yr range13.5 – 31.1
Regimerisk-on
VIX · 60 sessions
Regime (SPY vs 200MA)
Risk-on
SPY +0.58% vs 200MA
% above 200-day MA
59.1%
63.8% above 50-day
New highs − lows (52wk)
+4
12 highs · 8 lows
VIX
28.18
S&P 500
7,353.73
503 names in breadth
VIX
The dashed line is 20 — above it, the playbook changes: the falling-knife and pullback setups behave differently in a high-vol regime, so the screeners flag it.