What is Volatility Ratio?
Volatility Ratio is a volatility, range or envelope concept used to summarize how widely a market has been moving and how current observations compare with recent dispersion.
Volatility Ratio matters because it gives analysts a consistent way to discuss volatility and range analysis. Volatility tools help distinguish quiet consolidation from expanding price ranges and can normalize moves across different market regimes.
How to read Volatility Ratio
Read Volatility Ratio together with trend, timeframe, volatility and market context. Its main role is volatility and range analysis, not replacing the underlying price series.
What Volatility Ratio does not tell you
Volatility and envelope measures describe the distribution of recent movement; they do not set a maximum possible move. Parameter choices, timeframe and data quality can materially change the result.
Use in bonds, rates and macro markets
Rates volatility can respond abruptly to policy repricing and data releases, so historical bands should never be treated as hard limits.
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