iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN
Symbol: VXX
Exchange: BATS
Sector: N/A
Category: Trading--Miscellaneous
Inception date: 17/01/2018
Latest date: 16/07/2026
Current price: $21.45
Expense ratio: 0.89%
Period performance
Adjusted cumulative ETF performance, normalized to the first available adjusted price in the selected period.
Performance metrics
Period total return
-4.96%
Ann. 547.72% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
95.85%
Sharpe ratio
5.677
VaR 95%
-9.11%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
-26.79%
Ann. 218.23% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
73.55%
Sharpe ratio
2.918
VaR 95%
-7.73%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
-18.81%
Ann. 7.74% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
66.67%
Sharpe ratio
0.062
VaR 95%
-7.67%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
-53.28%
Ann. -30.83% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
73.98%
Sharpe ratio
-0.466
VaR 95%
-7.41%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
-48.49%
Ann. -19.76% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
76.53%
Sharpe ratio
-0.306
VaR 95%
-7.03%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
-77.53%
Ann. -42.32% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
68.66%
Sharpe ratio
-0.669
VaR 95%
-5.85%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Daily returns for period 12M
Daily simple returns from the same adjusted closes used by the performance chart: 16/07/2025 - 16/07/2026.
Average daily return
-0.24%
Best day
13.707%
Worst day
-9.595%
Days with data
251
Recent price history (last 90 days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/07/2026 | $21.16 | $21.68 | $20.94 | $21.45 | 7,337,300 |
| 15/07/2026 | $21.21 | $21.48 | $20.83 | $20.85 | 5,730,800 |
| 14/07/2026 | $21.44 | $21.61 | $21.23 | $21.51 | 4,459,800 |
| 13/07/2026 | $21.36 | $21.96 | $21.13 | $21.78 | 8,190,000 |
| 10/07/2026 | $21.50 | $22.02 | $21.07 | $21.13 | 5,787,900 |
| 09/07/2026 | $21.86 | $22.10 | $21.58 | $21.58 | 4,864,800 |
| 08/07/2026 | $22.16 | $22.79 | $21.73 | $22.01 | 8,076,300 |
| 07/07/2026 | $21.49 | $21.95 | $21.32 | $21.69 | 7,265,900 |
| 06/07/2026 | $21.72 | $21.72 | $21.41 | $21.49 | 6,210,000 |
| 02/07/2026 | $22.06 | $22.59 | $21.73 | $22.04 | 8,996,100 |