How far back does Volatility Index (VIX) data go?

Volatility Index (VIX) history runs from 2022-10-05 — roughly 4 years — up to the last completed trading day, at every timeframe from raw ticks to monthly candles. Every licence tier reaches all of it.

How large is a full Volatility Index (VIX) download?

The complete Volatility Index (VIX) 1-minute history is roughly 1.4M rows, about 69 MB as CSV. Daily candles over the same instrument are far smaller — around 960 rows, 48 KB. Tick and 1-second runs are larger again and are queued and resumable rather than fetched in one pass. Sizes are approximate; nothing is priced by volume.

What columns are in the Volatility Index (VIX) CSV file?

OHLC files contain a timestamp plus open, high, low and close columns; tick files contain a timestamp with bid and ask prices. All timestamps are UTC. The files import directly into Excel, Google Sheets, Python (pandas read_csv), R, MetaTrader, NinjaTrader and TradingView.

Do you sell Volatility Index (VIX) data?

No — we sell software. The MarketData Hub client retrieves Volatility Index (VIX) (VOLIDXUSD) on your own machine, under your instruction, directly from the source; we never host, cache or relay it. Your use of the retrieved data is subject to the source's terms.

Volatility Index (VIX) Historical Data Downloader

Name: MarketData Hub — Volatility Index (VIX) historical data downloader
Price: 5.60 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: MarketData Hub

A desktop app that downloads Volatility Index (VIX) (VOLIDXUSD) price history on your own machine, written straight to your disk as CSV or JSON. History runs from 2022-10-05 — around 4 years — at every timeframe from raw ticks to monthly candles. A complete Volatility Index (VIX) 1-minute series is roughly 1.4M rows, about 69 MB as CSV.

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What the app fetches for Volatility Index (VIX)

Symbol	VOLIDXUSD
Instrument	Volatility Index (VIX)
Asset class	Indices – Americas
History available from	2022-10-05
Timeframes	Tick → 1s → 1m → 5m → 15m → 30m → 1h → 4h → Daily → Monthly
Price types	Bid & Ask
File formats	CSV, JSON (MetaTrader, NinjaTrader, Parquet & SQLite/DuckDB from the Pro licence)
Coverage	2022-10-05 → 2026-08-01 (last completed trading day)
Retrieval	Local — your machine connects directly to Dukascopy Bank SA
Runs on	Windows, macOS, Linux

Volatility Index (VIX) timeframes the app supports

Tick (every quote)
1 second
1 minute
5 minutes
15 minutes
30 minutes
1 hour
4 hours
Daily
Monthly

Volatility Index (VIX) coverage & file size, timeframe by timeframe

Every Volatility Index (VIX) timeframe shares the same 2022-10-05 start date, but not the same scale — coarser candles stay small while tick and intraday files grow fast. Current through 2026-08-01:

Timeframe	History from	Approx. rows	Approx. CSV
Tick (every quote)	2022-10-05	very large	—
1 second	2022-10-05	very large	—
1 minute	2022-10-05	~1.4M	~69 MB
5 minutes	2022-10-05	~278K	~14 MB
15 minutes	2022-10-05	~92,500	~5 MB
30 minutes	2022-10-05	~46,300	~2 MB
1 hour	2022-10-05	~23,100	~1 MB
4 hours	2022-10-05	~5,800	~289 KB
Daily	2022-10-05	~960	~48 KB
Monthly	2022-10-05	~50	~2 KB

Counts are approximate, derived from index session hours across the available history. Tick and 1-second runs are queued and resumable rather than fetched in one pass. See the data methodology for how candles are built.

Working with the Volatility Index (VIX) series

This tracks the VIX, and the VIX is not an asset: it is a computed 30-day implied-volatility statistic that cannot be bought, held or compounded. Spot VIX mean-reverts by construction — it cannot trend to zero or infinity — and its spikes are near-instantaneous (5 August 2024 printed the largest intraday jump in years within hours). Strategies built on "buying" this series are simulating an instrument that does not exist; real volatility exposure lives in futures with their own steep roll costs. The series starts October 2022.

What's inside the Volatility Index (VIX) file

timestamp,open,high,low,close

One row per candle; tick files instead carry timestamp,bid,ask on every quote. All timestamps are UTC. Worked examples and import steps are in the CSV & JSON format guide.

About Volatility Index (VIX)

Volatility Index (VIX) (VOLIDXUSD) is a stock-index CFD with 4 years of retrievable history. It is commonly used for backtesting index and CFD strategies, studying long-term market cycles and drawdowns, benchmarking portfolios and building quantitative research datasets. Pick any date range from 2022-10-05 onward, choose a timeframe and the bid or ask side, and the app fetches and writes the files locally — no scripting.

Frequently asked questions

How far back does Volatility Index (VIX) data go?: Volatility Index (VIX) history runs from 2022-10-05 — roughly 4 years — up to the last completed trading day, at every timeframe from raw ticks to monthly candles. Every licence tier reaches all of it.
How large is a full Volatility Index (VIX) download?: The complete Volatility Index (VIX) 1-minute history is roughly 1.4M rows, about 69 MB as CSV. Daily candles over the same instrument are far smaller — around 960 rows, 48 KB. Tick and 1-second runs are larger again and are queued and resumable rather than fetched in one pass. Sizes are approximate; nothing is priced by volume.
What columns are in the Volatility Index (VIX) CSV file?: OHLC files contain a timestamp plus open, high, low and close columns; tick files contain a timestamp with bid and ask prices. All timestamps are UTC. The files import directly into Excel, Google Sheets, Python (pandas read_csv), R, MetaTrader, NinjaTrader and TradingView.
Do you sell Volatility Index (VIX) data?: No — we sell software. The MarketData Hub client retrieves Volatility Index (VIX) (VOLIDXUSD) on your own machine, under your instruction, directly from the source; we never host, cache or relay it. Your use of the retrieved data is subject to the source's terms.