Market/Volatility
Volatility.
What the options market is pricing for fear — and where that sits against its own year.
as of 2026-09-14
VIX · spot
17.1
calm · 49th percentile, 1-yr
Change today+1.3
1-yr range13.5 – 31.1
Regimerisk-on
VIX · 60 sessions
Regime (SPY vs 200MA)
Risk-on
SPY +6.78% vs 200MA
% above 200-day MA
57.7%
38% above 50-day
New highs − lows (52wk)
-4
6 highs · 10 lows
VIX
17.1
S&P 500
7,619.98
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.