Price of the iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX), an exchange traded note issued by Barclays Bank PLC that tracks short-term VIX futures: a note, not a fund, and not the VIX index level (updates every 15 min)
Why: VIX volatility proxy. VXX, an exchange traded note issued by Barclays Bank PLC (a note, not a fund), tracks short-term VIX futures, which move with implied volatility on S&P 500 options. VXX carries structural decay over long holding periods due to VIX-curve contango.
Category: macro. Macro economic indicators track monetary policy, liquidity conditions, and traditional market positioning.
Source: Finnhub. Updated: Every 15 min (market hours).
API: GET /api/metrics/etf-vxx
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