^VIX, Aug 2025 – Aug 2026: by the numbers
Auto-generated from the price series — no named events, just what the chart did.
On net, ^VIX went almost nowhere over these 261 days (-4.7%) — yet the ride between is full of climbs and drops. It opens at 16.25 and closes at 15.48.
The standout move is to the upside: off its low near Dec 2025, ^VIX put together a 130.5% run-up into Mar 2026 — the longest climb in the game. It isn't all one way, though: the sharpest pullback along the route is a 52.0% drawdown, the deepest valley you'll drop into.
Day to day the terrain is violent — closer to a roller coaster than a road: 114 up days against 136 down (more down days than up). The steepest single faces are a +39.7% jump on Jun 5, 2026 and a -18.4% drop on Apr 8, 2026 — near-vertical walls you'll need to boost up or launch over. Its longest unbroken climb runs 5 days; its longest slide, 8.
If you want a breather, the calmest stretch sits around Sep 2025–Oct 2025; the roughest, most technical section runs Feb 2026–Mar 2026, where you'll earn most of your air. Put together, this chart rides as a brutal, all-or-nothing run — ★★★★★.
| Period | Aug 2025 – Aug 2026 |
| Trading days | 261 |
| Start → End | 16.25 → 15.48 |
| High / Low | 31.05 / 13.47 |
| Max drawdown | 52.0% |
| Biggest up / down day | +39.7% / -18.4% |
| Up days / Down days | 114 / 136 |
| Longest win / loss streak | 5 / 8 days |
Is this real market data?
Yes — the terrain is built directly from ^VIX's real closing levels for Aug 2025 – Aug 2026. Every peak and valley is an actual level.
How is the difficulty decided?
From the chart itself: how often direction flips, how deep the drawdowns get, and how steep the sharpest days are. This one scores 5/5 — a brutal, all-or-nothing run.
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