Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

VCLTNASDAQ · USD
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Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCLT) Historical Volatility

VCLT 30-day historical volatility is 11%. This ranks in the 89th percentile of readings over the past year.

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Tracking VCLT historical volatility helps you see how much Vanguard Long-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 Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF's HV tells you what really happened. Use our scanner to monitor VCLT 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 VCLT 30 day historical volatility is one of the most widely watched readings because it balances responsiveness with stability. Comparing Vanguard Long-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 high and sustainable level of current income. Invests primarily in high-quality (investment-grade) corporate bonds. Maintains a dollar-weighted average maturity of 10 to 25 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 Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF's historical volatility side-by-side with implied readings across every lookback window, so you can see exactly where VCLT HV is running hot, cold, or in line. Make the VCLT 30 day historical volatility — and every other window — work for your edge instead of against it.

IV vs HV
Implied Volatility (IV) vs Historical Volatility (HV) over the past month.

As of September 25, 2026

IV - HV Difference
Difference between IV and HV over time. Positive values indicate IV > HV.

As of September 25, 2026

See how volatility has moved over time

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