Stats Currencies and commodities FX volatility

A major currency pair moves about 0.38% in a day

IndexPublisherWhat it coversCurrent level publicly available?
VIXCboe30 day implied volatility on S&P 500 optionsYes. 17.09 on 30 Jul 2026, free on FRED and Cboe, updated daily
EVZ, EuroCurrency ETF Volatility IndexCboe30 day implied volatility on options on the euro currency ETFNo. FRED's copy is titled DISCONTINUED and ends at 10.68 on 11 Mar 2025
EUVIX, BPVIX, JYVIXCboe with CME GroupVIX methodology on CME FX futures options on EUR, GBP and JPY, launched 13 Jan 2015No. Cboe's historical data page lists no currency volatility index files
CVOL FXCME Group Benchmark AdministrationSimple variance implied volatility on CME FX options, six pairs plus a G5 compositePartly. CME directs you to the CVOL Index Visualizer and to DataMine for history
CVIXDeutsche BankComposite of implied volatilities across major currency pairsNot found. It appears to be distributed through terminals
VXY G7 and VXY EMJ.P. MorganImplied volatility composites for G7 and emerging market currenciesNot found free from the publisher

Sources: Cboe and FRED for VIX and EVZ, the Cboe and CME launch release of 13 Jan 2015, and CME Group's CVOL FAQ. The CVIX and VXY rows record a failure to find a publisher source, not a claim that the indices do not exist.

Currencies move far less than shares do. A major pair runs at roughly 4% to 7.5% annualised volatility, about 0.38% in a session, against a VIX of 17.09 on a quiet day. The leverage offered in retail FX exists precisely because the underlying barely moves.

0.25%Pegged Hong Kong dollar
5.53%Euro against the dollar
11.09%Brazilian real
30.66EVZ record high

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