VIX closed Friday May 15 ~19, +10% on the day - still inside the 15-20 mid-zone and well below the 25 vol-expansion threshold of the invalidation condition.
Provenance — node opacity = source trust
- Evidence Strength
Strong
- Evidence Observed At
- May 15, 2026 · 8:00 PM UTC
- Citation
- https://www.cboe.com/tradable_products/vix/
- Citation Source
wsj
- About Security
CBOE Volatility Index
- Market Metric
Close Price
- Observed Value
- 19