Seeking Alpha
About this author:
Submit
an article to

With the VIX spiking up to 39.59 just a moment ago, I thought it might be instructive to recap the top five VIX readings since 1990, the first year for which the CBOE has calculated VIX historical data:

Note that these readings are all dwarfed by the high of over 170 recorded by the VXO (‘old VIX’) on Black Monday 1987.

Print this article with comments
Comments
2
Comments 1 - 2 out of 2
You are viewing the latest 20 comments
  •  
    Nov VIX futures still only at 29.60, needs to go higher.
    2008 Sep 29 02:45 PM | Link | Reply
  •  
    I doubt anyone is still checking this old article, but the VIX just hit 75, as of 13:50 EDT.
    2008 Oct 10 01:50 PM | Link | Reply
Viewing Comments 1-2 out of 2