based on YAHOO! data, this is the median monthly VIX values. sub 11 values are rare, but they have happened before (eg November 2006-February 2007). we have already surpassed 2006 for the most months with an under 12 value. in the fourteen years prior to 2005, there wasn’t a month with a VIX reading below 11, and this year we have had the most – going on four. 1995 was a relatively quiet year – 11 of the 12 months had a median of less than 13. over all years, the average is 19.46, but the median is only 17.59.
17.59 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
1991 | 17.44 | 26.91 | 21.45 | 16.81 | 17.34 | 17.21 | 16.99 | 17.44 | 15.38 | 17.13 | 16.21 | 17.38 | 18.12 | |
1992 | 15.36 | 17.63 | 17.37 | 16.85 | 16.48 | 15.05 | 14.72 | 13.47 | 14.48 | 13.63 | 17.06 | 14.37 | 12.26 | |
1993 | 12.43 | 12.11 | 13.43 | 13.60 | 12.80 | 13.64 | 12.25 | 11.33 | 11.96 | 12.70 | 11.83 | 14.12 | 11.06 | |
1994 | 13.86 | 11.27 | 13.91 | 14.87 | 16.61 | 14.08 | 13.13 | 11.82 | 11.97 | 13.25 | 15.13 | 16.29 | 13.03 | |
1995 | 12.30 | 12.15 | 11.42 | 12.02 | 12.41 | 12.21 | 11.67 | 12.46 | 12.90 | 12.10 | 14.25 | 12.46 | 11.50 | |
1996 | 16.25 | 13.45 | 14.74 | 17.79 | 16.41 | 16.01 | 16.73 | 17.87 | 15.67 | 16.16 | 16.26 | 15.85 | 18.85 | |
1997 | 20.95 | 19.46 | 19.98 | 19.93 | 19.64 | 19.91 | 20.17 | 20.68 | 23.75 | 23.88 | 21.61 | 32.09 | 26.22 | |
1998 | 23.14 | 23.44 | 19.87 | 19.31 | 21.96 | 20.66 | 21.70 | 18.44 | 30.33 | 37.90 | 34.08 | 27.19 | 25.17 | |
1999 | 24.10 | 28.60 | 29.29 | 24.84 | 23.30 | 25.87 | 23.24 | 20.35 | 24.42 | 24.53 | 24.02 | 22.07 | 21.97 | |
2000 | 23.24 | 22.93 | 23.41 | 22.37 | 27.02 | 25.87 | 21.73 | 19.79 | 17.87 | 19.68 | 24.98 | 26.62 | 26.71 | |
2001 | 24.26 | 24.55 | 22.03 | 28.61 | 27.78 | 23.15 | 20.70 | 22.51 | 21.75 | 35.25 | 32.32 | 25.90 | 23.69 | |
2002 | 26.39 | 22.25 | 22.37 | 19.07 | 19.69 | 20.06 | 24.83 | 33.97 | 32.98 | 37.47 | 34.09 | 28.17 | 28.29 | |
2003 | 19.85 | 25.53 | 31.98 | 30.44 | 22.55 | 20.03 | 20.58 | 19.18 | 18.77 | 19.25 | 17.68 | 16.93 | 16.70 | |
2004 | 15.33 | 16.12 | 15.90 | 17.87 | 15.62 | 18.13 | 15.19 | 15.68 | 16.22 | 14.06 | 15.05 | 13.30 | 12.55 | |
2005 | 12.52 | 13.34 | 11.60 | 13.15 | 14.53 | 13.85 | 11.90 | 10.96 | 13.21 | 12.64 | 14.87 | 12.06 | 11.35 | |
2006 | 12.00 | 11.94 | 12.36 | 11.58 | 11.75 | 13.88 | 16.53 | 14.90 | 12.41 | 11.97 | 11.15 | 10.83 | 10.85 | |
2007 | 16.43 | 10.92 | 10.34 | 14.81 | 12.92 | 13.23 | 14.73 | 16.00 | 25.05 | 22.78 | 18.79 | 25.94 | 22.07 | |
2008 | 25.10 | 25.43 | 25.33 | 26.32 | 21.43 | 18.18 | 22.42 | 24.14 | 20.65 | 31.70 | 62.90 | 61.43 | 53.32 | |
2009 | 28.57 | 44.11 | 44.66 | 43.71 | 37.81 | 32.20 | 29.62 | 25.52 | 25.01 | 24.32 | 23.65 | 23.08 | 21.38 | |
2010 | 21.71 | 19.16 | 21.71 | 17.69 | 16.62 | 31.66 | 29.23 | 24.88 | 25.44 | 22.51 | 20.21 | 19.55 | 17.58 | |
2011 | 20.72 | 17.34 | 16.59 | 20.20 | 16.43 | 17.07 | 18.83 | 19.28 | 35.06 | 37.00 | 32.22 | 32.00 | 25.11 | |
2012 | 17.52 | 20.54 | 18.19 | 15.54 | 17.77 | 21.65 | 21.11 | 17.50 | 15.32 | 14.84 | 16.13 | 16.65 | 16.81 | |
2013 | 13.75 | 13.55 | 13.50 | 13.11 | 13.62 | 13.10 | 16.86 | 13.79 | 14.22 | 14.37 | 14.71 | 12.86 | 13.91 | |
2014 | 13.67 | 13.28 | 14.51 | 14.52 | 13.82 | 12.42 | 11.59 | 12.02 | 12.42 | 12.88 | 16.53 | 13.33 | 15.30 | |
2015 | 15.32 | 19.45 | 15.45 | 15.07 | 13.30 | 13.08 | 14.02 | 13.41 | 13.77 | 24.25 | 16.11 | 15.78 | 17.73 | |
2016 | 14.31 | 23.95 | 21.75 | 15.87 | 13.96 | 14.69 | 17.81 | 12.85 | 12.38 | 13.48 | 14.24 | 13.72 | 12.22 | |
2017 | 11.23 | 11.55 | 11.49 | 11.66 | 12.89 | 10.44 | 10.44 | 10.03 | 11.35 | 10.66 | #NUM! | #NUM! | #NUM! |