2026-02-23 17:48:22

Market volatility is rarely this high:

The actual one-month volatility of the average stock in the S&P 500 index compared to the index's movement has reached 24 points, the highest level ever.
This means that the prices of individual stocks are fluctuating much more than the S&P 500 index.
The difference is even greater than during the 2008 financial crisis.
Meanwhile, the S&P 500 has traded within a 2-month closing range of only 3.7%, less than half of the 20-year average of 8.6%, and one of the narrowest ranges in history.
For comparison, in 2020 and 2008, the ranges were 35.0% and 38.0%, respectively.
Organizational activities, including short selling, are more aligned with the volatility index, $VIX, at 35 points, much higher than the current level of 20.
Is the index volatility about to spike?

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