iPath® Series B S&P 500® VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN
VXZ CBOE - exBATS
The iPath® Series B S&P 500® VIX Mid-Term Futures ETNs are designed to provide exposure to the S&P 500® VIX Mid-Term Futures. The Index is designed to provide access to equity market volatility through CBOE Volatility Index® (the "VIX Index") futures
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- Dividend yield
- 0.00% Trailing 12 months
- Volatility · 1Y
- 17.6% Average Risk
- Beta
- -1.35 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 44.7361.87
How VXZ has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, VXZ returned −20.1% with dividends reinvested — dividends added 0.0 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±18% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −27.7% on Oct 6, 2026 — 193 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 80% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of -1.35 means VXZ has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Downtrend- 12-day average45.28 −1.1%
- 26-day average46.01 −2.7%
- 50-day average47.29 −5.3%
- 200-day average51.62 −13.2%
The price is above 0 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is below the 200-day, a sign of a falling longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Where VXZ shows up
Curated themes and indices that hold VXZ. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.
About iPath® Series B S&P 500® VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN
The iPath® Series B S&P 500® VIX Mid-Term Futures ETNs are designed to provide exposure to the S&P 500® VIX Mid-Term Futures. The Index is designed to provide access to equity market volatility through CBOE Volatility Index® (the "VIX Index") futures
- Featured in 2 curated themes
- Ticker
- VXZ
- Exchange
- CBOE - exBATS
- ISIN
- US06746P6135
- CUSIP
- 06746P613
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Smart Betas
- Industry
- Volatility - Mid-Term
- Benchmark
- CBOE Volatility Index®
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Oct 13, 2026
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.