VIX: year-to-date return
Each year starts at 1.0 on the previous Dec 31 close — see where the current year sits versus history.
Tip: Tap a cycle to isolate those years and see their average (dashed). Combine cycles, or pick individual years — they stack together. The current year is always shown in red.
ROI = price ÷ previous Dec 31 close. Incomplete years (dashed) are left out of averages and ranges.
Crypto: Bitstamp/OKX · Stocks, indices & commodities: Yahoo Finance · ⌘/Ctrl + wheel or pinch to zoom, drag to pan · hover any point to compare years.
2026 year to date: +10.8% · 18th of 36 years
VIX is up 10.8% in 2026 as of Oct 15: 18th of 36 years at this point since 1991. In the median year it was up 3.6% by this date.
Measured from the previous Dec 31 close. Price only.
VIX: return by year
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (to Oct 15) | +10.8% |
| 2025 | −13.8% |
| 2024 | +39.4% |
| 2023 | −42.5% |
| 2022 | +25.8% |
| 2021 | −24.3% |
| 2020 | +65.1% |
| 2019 | −45.8% |
| 2018 | +130.3% |
| 2017 | −21.4% |
| 2016 | −22.9% |
| 2015 | −5.2% |
| 2014 | +39.9% |
| 2013 | −23.9% |
| 2012 | −23.0% |
| 2011 | +31.8% |
| 2010 | −18.1% |
| 2009 | −45.8% |
| 2008 | +77.8% |
| 2007 | +94.6% |
| 2006 | −4.2% |
| 2005 | −9.2% |
| 2004 | −27.4% |
| 2003 | −36.0% |
| 2002 | +20.2% |
| 2001 | −11.4% |
| 2000 | +9.0% |
| 1999 | +0.9% |
| 1998 | +1.7% |
| 1997 | +14.8% |
| 1996 | +67.1% |
| 1995 | −5.1% |
| 1994 | +13.2% |
| 1993 | −7.2% |
| 1992 | −34.9% |
| 1991 | −26.8% |
| 1990 (since Jan 2) | +53.0% |