Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCIT) Historical Volatility
VCIT 30-day historical volatility is 5%. This ranks in the 85th percentile of readings over the past year.
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Tracking VCIT historical volatility helps you see how much Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF's stock price has actually moved over past periods, giving you a baseline to judge whether current option premiums are fair, cheap, or expensive. While implied volatility tells you what the market expects, Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF's HV tells you what really happened. Use our scanner to monitor VCIT 30 day historical volatility alongside longer lookback windows and spot the moments when realized and implied diverge.
Historical volatility is the annualized standard deviation of an underlying's past returns, typically measured over rolling windows like 10, 20, 30, or 60 days. The VCIT 30 day historical volatility is one of the most widely watched readings because it balances responsiveness with stability. Comparing Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF's HV to its implied volatility reveals the volatility risk premium — when IV sits well above HV, option sellers tend to have an edge; when HV runs hot relative to IV, buyers may be underpaying for movement.
Seeks to provide a moderate and sustainable level of current income. Invests primarily in high-quality (investment-grade) corporate bonds. Moderate interest rate risk, with a dollar-weighted average maturity of 5 to 10 years.
Sizing a long premium trade, modeling a covered call, or hunting volatility arbitrage all come back to one question: how much has the stock actually moved? Our scanner puts Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF's historical volatility side-by-side with implied readings across every lookback window, so you can see exactly where VCIT HV is running hot, cold, or in line. Make the VCIT 30 day historical volatility — and every other window — work for your edge instead of against it.
As of September 17, 2026
As of September 17, 2026
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