Cboe Volatility Index (VIX)

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financial benchmark stock market index volatility index

The Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) is a widely followed financial benchmark that measures the stock market’s expectation of near-term volatility, often referred to as the market’s “fear gauge.”

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
VIX	3
Cboe Volatility Index	2
Cboe 3-Month Volatility Index	1
Cboe Short-Term Volatility Index	1
Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) canonical	1
Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) options	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6944958 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cboe Volatility Index (VIX)
Context triple: [Cboe Global Markets, notableProduct, Cboe Volatility Index (VIX)]

A. VIX futures
VIX futures are exchange-traded derivative contracts that allow investors to speculate on or hedge against future volatility in the U.S. stock market as measured by the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX).
B. S&P 500 Momentum Index
The S&P 500 Momentum Index is a stock market index that tracks U.S. large-cap companies from the S&P 500 with the strongest recent price momentum.
C. Cboe S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM)
The Cboe S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM) is a benchmark that tracks a covered call strategy on the S&P 500, combining long equity exposure with systematically written call options to measure the performance of a buy-write approach.
D. S&P 500 Index
The S&P 500 Index is a major U.S. stock market benchmark that tracks the performance of 500 large publicly traded companies listed on American exchanges.
E. E-mini S&P 500 futures
E-mini S&P 500 futures are electronically traded stock index futures contracts that provide leveraged, cost-efficient exposure to the S&P 500 index for institutional and retail traders.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cboe Volatility Index (VIX)
Target entity description: The Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) is a widely followed financial benchmark that measures the stock market’s expectation of near-term volatility, often referred to as the market’s “fear gauge.”

A. VIX futures
VIX futures are exchange-traded derivative contracts that allow investors to speculate on or hedge against future volatility in the U.S. stock market as measured by the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX).
B. S&P 500 Momentum Index
The S&P 500 Momentum Index is a stock market index that tracks U.S. large-cap companies from the S&P 500 with the strongest recent price momentum.
C. Cboe S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM)
The Cboe S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM) is a benchmark that tracks a covered call strategy on the S&P 500, combining long equity exposure with systematically written call options to measure the performance of a buy-write approach.
D. S&P 500 Index
The S&P 500 Index is a major U.S. stock market benchmark that tracks the performance of 500 large publicly traded companies listed on American exchanges.
E. E-mini S&P 500 futures
E-mini S&P 500 futures are electronically traded stock index futures contracts that provide leveraged, cost-efficient exposure to the S&P 500 index for institutional and retail traders.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	financial benchmark ⓘ stock market index ⓘ volatility index ⓘ
basedOn	S&P 500 call options ⓘ S&P 500 index options ⓘ S&P 500 put options ⓘ
calculationMethod	model-free implied volatility ⓘ uses out-of-the-money S&P 500 options ⓘ
category	market volatility indicator ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
currency	US dollar ⓘ
dataSource	real-time S&P 500 option prices ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	VIX ⓘ linked to: Cboe Volatility Index (VIX)
hasDerivativesExchange	Cboe Futures Exchange ⓘ
highValueAssociatedWith	investor fear ⓘ market stress ⓘ
highValueIndicates	high expected volatility ⓘ
inceptionYear	1993 ⓘ
introducedBy	Cboe ⓘ linked to: Cboe Global Markets
isAnnualized	true ⓘ
isForwardLooking	true ⓘ
isReferencedBy	financial media ⓘ institutional investors ⓘ risk managers ⓘ
isTradableVia	VIX futures ⓘ VIX options ⓘ VIX-related exchange-traded products ⓘ
lowValueAssociatedWith	market complacency ⓘ
lowValueIndicates	low expected volatility ⓘ
measures	expected near-term stock market volatility ⓘ implied volatility ⓘ
methodologyUpdateDescription	changed underlying from S&P 100 to S&P 500 options ⓘ
methodologyUpdatedYear	2003 ⓘ
nickname	fear gauge ⓘ fear index ⓘ
operator	Cboe Global Markets ⓘ Chicago Board Options Exchange ⓘ
originalMethodologyBasedOn	S&P 100 options ⓘ
relatedIndex	Cboe 1-Year Volatility Index ⓘ linked to: Cboe 6-Month Volatility Index Cboe 3-Month Volatility Index ⓘ linked to: Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) Cboe 6-Month Volatility Index ⓘ Cboe Short-Term Volatility Index ⓘ linked to: Cboe Volatility Index (VIX)
timeHorizon	30 calendar days ⓘ
typicalRangeDescription	often trades between 10 and 30 in normal markets ⓘ
underlyingIndex	S&P 500 Index ⓘ
usedFor	benchmarking volatility strategies ⓘ hedging equity portfolios ⓘ risk management ⓘ speculating on volatility ⓘ

How these facts were elicited