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VIX stays muted even as single-stock options volumes set another record

Index vol is asleep. Single names are a casino with better compliance.

Elena VasquezSenior Markets Correspondent
Financial candlestick chart on a trading screen

Financial candlestick chart on a trading screen

Market makers said the split is structural: passive equity dampens the index, while retail and hedge-fund overlays keep individual names noisy enough to pay the rent.

Elena Vasquez

Senior Markets Correspondent

Covers Treasuries, the dollar, and the policy signals that reprice risk assets.