Cboe Volatility Index (^VIX)
INDEX: ^VIX
· Real-Time Price · USD
15.02
-0.07 (-0.46%)
At close: Aug 18, 2025, 3:59 PM
^VIX Option Overview
Overview for all option chains of ^VIX. As of August 17, 2025, ^VIX options have an IV of 124.18% and an IV rank of 62.83%. The volume is 827,395 contracts, which is 119.52% of average daily volume of 692,276 contracts. The volume put-call ratio is 0.53, indicating a bullish sentiment in the market.
Implied Volatility
Implied Volatility (30d)
124.18%IV Rank
62.83%Historical Volatility
104.38%IV Low
16.79% on Apr 21, 2025IV High
187.7% on Aug 04, 2025Open Interest (OI)
Today's Open Interest
14,167,974Put-Call Ratio
0.4Put Open Interest
4,061,631Call Open Interest
10,106,343Open Interest Avg (30-day)
11,764,928Today vs Open Interest Avg (30-day)
120.43%Option Volume
Today's Volume
827,395Put-Call Ratio
0.53Put Volume
285,997Call Volume
541,398Volume Avg (30-day)
692,276Today vs Volume Avg (30-day)
119.52%Option Chain Statistics
This table provides a comprehensive overview of all ^VIX options grouped by their expiration dates.
| Expiration | Call Vol | Put Vol | P/C Vol | Call OI | Put OI | P/C OI | Implied Volatility | Max Pain |
| Aug 20, 2025 | 304,727 | 233,877 | 0.77 | 3,849,736 | 1,909,173 | 0.5 | 124.18% | 19.5 |
| Sep 17, 2025 | 137,425 | 32,049 | 0.23 | 2,474,543 | 1,289,356 | 0.52 | 117.85% | 20 |
| Oct 22, 2025 | 48,630 | 16,580 | 0.34 | 1,750,519 | 337,164 | 0.19 | 103.9% | 20 |
| Nov 19, 2025 | 32,219 | 1,655 | 0.05 | 1,141,480 | 245,859 | 0.22 | 97.76% | 21 |
| Dec 17, 2025 | 8,867 | 387 | 0.04 | 550,941 | 189,316 | 0.34 | 88.47% | 21 |
| Jan 16, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 9 |
| Jan 21, 2026 | 4,293 | 281 | 0.07 | 300,996 | 78,697 | 0.26 | 84.84% | 20 |
| Feb 18, 2026 | 1,850 | 311 | 0.17 | 15,981 | 4,993 | 0.31 | 81.92% | 20 |
| Mar 18, 2026 | 1,104 | 854 | 0.77 | 15,690 | 5,729 | 0.37 | 78.16% | 20 |
| Apr 15, 2026 | 2,283 | 3 | 0 | 6,457 | 1,344 | 0.21 | 75.7% | 15 |