Benzinga · Oct 7, 2026
The Stock Market Is Falling: VIX Says Investors Aren’t Really Scared Yet
Stocks are falling as yields top 5.3%, but the VIX remains below 16. Here's what the calm volatility signal means for investors.
VX
BATS · VXX
iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN
Financial Services · Asset Management
$18.72
Up+$0.24 (+1.30%)
Updated Oct 26, 2026, 3:23 AM
SID Score
4.9/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
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Institutional and insider signal
- Market cap
- 639.97M
- P/E ratio
- —
- Dividend yield
- —
- 52-week range
- $16.54 – $39.93
- Volume
- 16.17M
- Avg. volume
- 9.23M
Price performance · VXX
VXX price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 23, 2026
VXX closed at $18.72 after 20 trading sessions, up 7.22% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $18.72
- Period change
- +7.22%
- Period low
- $16.68
- Period high
- $18.72
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2026 | $18.99 | $19.45 | $18.625 | $18.72 | 16.17M |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $17.77 | $18.865 | $17.64 | $18.48 | 19.86M |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $17.40 | $17.785 | $17.30 | $17.39 | 10.85M |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $18.08 | $18.28 | $17.38 | $17.57 | 13.6M |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $17.865 | $18.01 | $17.435 | $17.79 | 24.22M |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $16.81 | $19.26 | $16.67 | $18.38 | 44.43M |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $17.57 | $17.745 | $16.9305 | $17.08 | 12.04M |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $16.78 | $17.456 | $16.61 | $17.20 | 12.92M |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $16.69 | $16.775 | $16.54 | $16.68 | 4.83M |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $16.83 | $16.855 | $16.69 | $16.69 | 9.63M |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $17.05 | $17.07 | $16.92 | $16.99 | 6.57M |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $17.00 | $17.485 | $16.955 | $17.24 | 10.06M |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $17.17 | $17.23 | $16.84 | $16.90 | 8.55M |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $16.995 | $17.14 | $16.735 | $16.75 | 10.01M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $17.31 | $17.35 | $17.10 | $17.20 | 7.43M |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $17.48 | $17.655 | $17.36 | $17.40 | 7.42M |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $17.65 | $18.09 | $17.65 | $17.79 | 8.99M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $17.30 | $17.62 | $17.21 | $17.61 | 6.15M |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $17.34 | $17.59 | $17.265 | $17.45 | 5.62M |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $17.51 | $17.765 | $17.23 | $17.46 | 7.98M |
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Company profile
The ETN offers exposure to futures contracts of specified maturities on the VIX index and not direct exposure to the VIX index or its spot level. The index is designed to provide investors with exposure to one or more maturities of futures contracts on the CBOE Volatility Index®.
Analyst outlook
Consensus and target data currently published for this company.
- Consensus
- Buy
- Average target
- $33.18
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 22
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2026 | Citigroup | Neutral | — |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | — |
| Jun 12, 2026 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | — |
| May 6, 2026 | Jefferies | Buy | — |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Shore Capital | Buy | — |
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SeekingAlpha · Aug 18, 2026
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Benzinga · Jun 23, 2026
'‘Looking Over Our Shoulder:’ Traders Are Loading Up on VIX Calls' - Bloomberg
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-23/-looking-over-our-shoulder-traders-are-loading-up-on-vix-calls
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