# VIX Price Today: Live Volatility index Chart | DT Terminal > Live VIX price and VIX chart. See today's range, how VIX moves in each session since 2020, and size your next VIX trade. Indices · Volatility index # VIX price USD +1.48 (+8.18%) today Bid 19.58 Ask 19.75 Spread 0.17 Updated 20:54:15 UTC Market closed Opens Sun 23:00 UTC [Open full chart](https://www.thedtterminal.com/login?signup=true) Loading the chart… Day range 18.13 to 21.28 3.15 points so far today Previous close 18.10 The last session's close 52 week range 14.77 to 29.86 High set 9 Mar 2026 Average day range 0.81 points Last 90 trading days ## How VIX moves through the day Average VIX range in each session as a share of its price, measured on every trading day since 2020. ### Average range by session Asia 00:00 to 07:00 1.97% · about 0.39 points today London 07:00 to 12:00 2.21% · about 0.43 points today London and New York 12:00 to 16:00 3.71% · about 0.73 points today New York afternoon 16:00 to 21:00 3.86% · about 0.76 points today ### Busiest hours (UTC) 00 to 11 top row 12 to 23 bottom row VIX moves most from 14:00 to 16:00 UTC. The quietest hour starts at 04:00 UTC. Your VIX trades ## See your own VIX trades on this chart Connect your broker once. Every VIX entry and exit lands on the chart, your journal and rules sit beside it, and Edge learns from your trades to show you the one thing to fix next. Then practice it on VIX in the backtester before you trade it live. [Start free](https://www.thedtterminal.com/login?signup=true) [Practice VIX in the backtester](https://www.thedtterminal.com/login?signup=true) Example: an entry and its exit marked on a VIX chart Example: your entry (green) and exit (red) drawn where they happened. Edge Example: "Most of your VIX losses come in the first 15 minutes after New York opens. Try waiting for the first 15 minute candle to close." ## VIX questions ### What is VIX? VIX is a volatility index: a measure of how much movement traders expect in large US stocks over the next 30 days, read from option prices. It tends to rise when stocks fall sharply. ### Why is my broker's VIX price different? Each broker quotes its own bid and ask from its own liquidity providers, so prices can differ a little from broker to broker. The prices here are indicative bid quotes. Some brokers quote the cash index and others the futures, which trade at a slightly different level. Spreads also widen around big news and when the market opens. ### When does VIX trade? Most brokers quote VIX nearly 24 hours a day on weekdays, with a short daily break, because the price follows the index futures. It moves most while its home stock market is open. ### How much is one lot of VIX? Contract sizes for VIX differ from broker to broker. Your broker's contract specification shows how much one lot is and what a one point move is worth per lot, so check it before you size a trade. ### What moves the VIX price? Sharp moves in US stocks, surprise economic news and anything that makes traders pay more to protect themselves against a fall. ## Markets traders watch with VIX [US500 US 500 -1.28%](https://www.thedtterminal.com/markets/us500) [NAS100 US Tech 100 -2.38%](https://www.thedtterminal.com/markets/nas100) [US30 US Wall Street 30 -1.12%](https://www.thedtterminal.com/markets/us30) [XAUUSD Gold vs US dollar -3.60%](https://www.thedtterminal.com/markets/xauusd) --- Risk disclosure: Futures, forex and options trading contains substantial risk and is not for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing one's financial security or lifestyle. Only risk capital should be used for trading and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. [Read the full risk disclosure](https://www.thedtterminal.com/legal/risk-disclosure). This is the Markdown version of https://www.thedtterminal.com/markets/vix. [Home](https://www.thedtterminal.com/) · [Verification](https://www.thedtterminal.com/verification) · [Pricing](https://www.thedtterminal.com/pricing) · [Supported brokers](https://www.thedtterminal.com/supported-brokers) · [Rankings](https://www.thedtterminal.com/rankings) · [About](https://www.thedtterminal.com/about) · [llms.txt](https://www.thedtterminal.com/llms.txt)