title	grade	timestamp	headline_url	headline_text	friendly_source_name	
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"3"	"2026-03-09 10:40:35"	"https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/03/09/wall-streets-fear-gauge-hits-recent-high-stocks-meta-tesla-more-tumble-on-iran-war-pressure/"	"VIX approaches 1 year high"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"4"	"2026-03-03 11:47:35"	"https://seekingalpha.com/news/4560142-vix-surges-to-three-month-high-as-iran-conflict-sparks-market-turmoil"	"VIX Surges to Three-Month High as Iran Conflict Sparks Market Turmoil "
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"5"	"2026-02-05 18:26:32"	"https://www.marketwatch.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp500-nasdaq-mixed-amid-ai-software-angst-silver-dives-amazon-earnings/card/vix-surges-as-stock-market-selloff-looks-set-to-continue-after-challenger-report-eupoAMwQF3btXf8h9QKG"	"VIX jumps as markets sell off"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"1"	"2025-04-07 12:22:25"	"https://www.zerohedge.com/market-recaps/futres-global-markets-tumble-indescriminate-selloff-global-markets-panic-vix-hits-60"	"Futures, Global Markets Tumble in Panic Selloff as Vix Hits 60 "
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"2"	"2025-04-05 19:35:10"	"https://blockchain.news/flashnews/vix-index-hits-45-and-declines-by-10-points-amid-market-volatility"	"VIX Hits 45"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"3"	"2025-04-03 19:20:19"	"https://www.forexlive.com/news/volatility-index-vix-surges-higher-hits-its-highest-since-august-5-2024-20250403/"	"Volatility Index surges to highest since August 2024"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"5"	"2025-03-10 20:33:10"	"https://www.forexlive.com/stock-market-update/volatility-index-vix-continue-to-surge-higher-hits-its-highest-since-august-5-last-year-20250310/"	"VIX at highest point in 8 months"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"1"	"2024-12-19 08:14:36"	"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/12/19/vixs-second-largest-spike-in-history-indicates-a-local-bottom-for-bitcoin-van-straten"	"VIX jumps 74%, biggest one-day jump since February 2018"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"2"	"2024-12-18 19:18:45"	"https://www.benzinga.com/news/econ-s/24/12/42564807/powell-triggers-market-carnage-vix-spikes-58-stocks-plummet-dollar-hits-2-year-highs-bitcoin-nosedives"	"Wall Street’s fear gauge skyrockets from investor anxiety over the future of interest rates"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"1"	"2024-08-05 10:40:06"	"https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/black-monday-futures-plummets-vix-hits-56-japan-suffers-worst-point-drop-history"	"VIX Hits 62"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"4"	"2023-09-27 22:13:03"	"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/extreme-fear-has-returned-to-the-u-s-stock-market-e317fc3b"	"\'Extreme Fear\' Has Returned to the U.S.



 Stock Market"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"2"	"2023-03-13 11:15:11"	"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-13/vix-soars-as-panic-grips-markets-over-financial-contagion-risk"	"VIX Soars as Markets Rush for Cover on Financial Contagion Risk"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"5"	"2023-03-12 15:47:56"	"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/vix-the-stock-markets-fear-gauge-jumps-as-u-s-equities-drop-amid-svb-worries-1c130fcd"	"VIX Jumps as Equities Drop amid SVB Worries"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"4"	"2023-01-18 14:00:33"	"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wall-streets-fear-gauge-flashes-warning-that-stocks-might-be-headed-off-a-cliff-11673994164"	"Fear Gauge Flashes Warning"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"3"	"2022-10-12 13:26:10"	"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wall-streets-fear-gauge-is-flashing-a-warning-that-stocks-could-be-about-to-fall-off-a-cliff-11665586891"	"Fear Gauge Is Flashing a Warning That Stocks Could Be about to Fall off a Cliff"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"4"	"2022-06-14 18:19:59"	"https://www.schaeffersresearch.com/content/ezines/2022/06/14/dow-makes-it-five-straight-triple-digit-losses"	"CBOE Market Volatility Index (VIX) - 32.69"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"4"	"2022-05-02 20:23:14"	"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4505460-stock-market-higher-volatility-regime"	"VIX hovers in low 30s for most of the past week"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"5"	"2022-01-27 22:34:00"	"https://news.yahoo.com/cant-blame-stock-market-volatility-171026687.html"	"Vix ticks up to 30"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"4"	"2021-11-26 11:37:53"	"https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/wall-street-calm-is-finally-shattered-as-stock-fear-gauge-spikes-1.1687430"	"Fear Gauge Spikes to 6 Month High"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"4"	"2021-09-20 20:06:27"	"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/evergrande-jitters-send-wall-streets-fear-gauge-to-biggest-pop-in-over-6-months-and-yields-tumble-the-most-in-weeks-2021-09-20"	"Evergrande Jitters Send Wall Street Fear Gauge to Biggest Pop in over 6 Months"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"3"	"2021-01-29 17:34:59"	"https://tradinggods.net/trading-gods-blog/vix-daily-update-fear-index-skyrockets-stocks-falter/"	"VIX skyrockets towards 40"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"3"	"2021-01-28 14:58:06"	"https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/vix-futures-stock-market-fear-gauge-biggest-rise-2-volatility-2021-1-1030014200"	"VIX Sees Biggest Rise in Two Years as the Battle between Reddit Day Traders and Hedge Funds Rattles Investors "
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"4"	"2020-09-08 19:41:51"	"http://tradinggods.net/trading-gods-blog/vix-daily-update-volatility-soars-tech-sector-rollover-continues/"	"Volatility Soars as Tech-Sector Rollover Continues"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"2"	"2020-04-02 20:16:25"	"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-the-vix-gauge-of-stock-market-volatility-is-still-so-stubbornly-high-2020-03-30"	"Volatility gauge remains stubbornly high"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"1"	"2020-03-27 08:55:03"	"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/equities-rally-vix-remains-high-174305270.html"	"VIX remains several times higher than long-term averages"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"1"	"2020-03-24 17:13:28"	"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/every-day-two-months-stocks-144846105.html"	"Every Day Is like Two Months for Stocks with Unrelenting Swings"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"1"	"2020-03-20 20:18:03"	"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/diary-crisis-inside-wall-street-204230042.html"	"Inside Wall Street\'s Most Volatile Ever Week"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"1"	"2020-03-18 22:39:28"	"https://www.dailyfx.com/forex/market_alert/2020/03/18/vix-fear-gauge-nears-record-as-stocks-oil-gold-plunge-again.html"	"Wednesday: VIX Still Near Record High"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"1"	"2020-03-16 17:50:07"	"https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/vix-closes-record-high-sp-breaks-critical-trendline-support"	"VIX Closes at Record High"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"1"	"2020-03-12 20:36:04"	"https://www.barrons.com/articles/the-vix-fear-gauge-is-soaring-its-unlikely-to-come-down-anytime-soon-51584050364"	"MAXIMUM INVESTOR FEAR with VIX at 75"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"1"	"2020-03-11 20:47:02"	"https://finance.yahoo.com/video/spikes-vix-magnitude-historically-short-155630259.html"	"VIX Spikes of this magnitude have historically been short term..."
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"1"	"2020-03-09 20:36:21"	"https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/vix-tops-60-highest-2008-screams-intervene-now"	"VIX Tops 60 for first time since Dec 2008"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"2"	"2020-03-08 23:36:23"	"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fear-reaches-level-seen-only-192010952.html"	"Fear Reaches a Level Seen Only 4 Times since 2008"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"2"	"2020-03-06 20:57:00"	"https://tickertape.tdameritrade.com/market-news/last-minute-comeback-to-end-week-higher-17994"	"VIX breaks 50 in intraday trading for first time in over two years"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"2"	"2020-03-06 16:10:25"	"https://fortune.com/2020/03/06/coronavirus-stock-market-wall-street-economy-fed-rate-cuts-consumer-confidence/"	"Friday: VIX Hits 49, Highest since \'09"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"2"	"2020-03-06 09:57:50"	"https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/06/investing/dow-stock-market-today/index.html"	"Fear Grips Wall Street as VIX nears 9 year high"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"2"	"2020-03-05 15:49:56"	"https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/dow-sinks-1000-points-on-alarm-over-virus-spreading-in-united-states-2020-03-05"	"Wall Street Fear Gauge Jumps 8.2 points to 40.14"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"2"	"2020-03-04 19:00:27"	"https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/02/should-we-worry-markets-fear-gauge-nears-its-highest-level-since-great-recession/"	"Fear Gauge nears Highest Level since \'08 Crisis"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"2"	"2020-02-28 19:35:34"	"https://www.barrons.com/articles/vix-the-fear-gauge-coronavirus-slams-stocks-51582913166"	"Volatility Index hits 48"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"5"	"2019-06-11 19:49:22"	"https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/wall-street-s-fear-gauge-is-sounding-an-alarm-20190611-p51wco.html"	"Rare: VIX up 11th time since 2004 while stock benchmark rose at least 1%"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"4"	"2018-12-21 19:43:45"	"https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2018/12/21/wall-street-stock-rout-sparks-year-end-angst/38781585/"	"VIX surges above 30"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"4"	"2018-12-21 16:54:17"	"https://www.chicagobusiness.com/finance-banking/pain-thats-what-its-about-vix-surges-never"	"VIX Surges like Never Before"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"3"	"2018-12-06 14:00:03"	"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wall-streets-fear-index-surges-to-9-month-high-as-dow-drops-nearly-800-points-2018-12-06"	"VIX Surges to 9-month High"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"3"	"2018-10-11 14:55:08"	"https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/!/sp-falls-to-session-lows-down-17-on-the-day-20181011"	"Thursday: VIX highest since April..."
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"3"	"2018-10-11 14:42:43"	"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-vix-is-up-60-in-a-week-highest-level-since-june-2018-10-10-12462112"	"VIX up 60% in a Week, Highest Level since June"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"3"	"2018-04-02 17:53:59"	"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wall-streets-fear-index-jumps-20-amid-stock-selloff-2018-04-02"	"Wall Street\'s \'fear index\' jumps 20% amid stock selloff"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"5"	"2018-03-01 21:33:56"	"http://tradinggods.net/trading-gods-blog/29634/"	"Volatility rises again"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"2"	"2018-02-10 01:53:26"	"https://www.ft.com/content/24a421fe-0d5c-11e8-8eb7-42f857ea9f09"	"Surge in volatility trades stoke fears of turmoil ahead"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"2"	"2018-02-09 23:14:56"	"https://in.reuters.com/article/usa-stocks/wall-street-rebounds-but-posts-worst-week-in-two-years-idINKBN1FT1ZM"	"Volatility Index at 29 on Friday, nearly three times average level of past year"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"2"	"2018-02-08 20:57:27"	"https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-07/other-fear-index-just-flashed-panic"	"The \'other\' fear index just flashed \'panic\'"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"2"	"2018-02-08 20:45:51"	"https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-08/dow-crashes-over-400-points-vix-tops-30"	"VIX tops 30..."
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"2"	"2018-02-06 23:37:08"	"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stock-market-apos-fear-gauge-203814507.html"	"MONDAY: Fear gauge spikes the most on record"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"2"	"2018-02-06 09:37:51"	"https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/06/key-measure-of-market-volatility--the-vix--jumps-above-50-highest-level-since-aug-2015.html"	"VIX jumps above 50, highest level since August 2015"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"3"	"2018-02-05 20:43:21"	"https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-05/it-traders-panic-xiv-disintegrates-after-close"	"\'Termination Event\' arrives: Traders panic as XIV disintegrates -90% after the close "
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"3"	"2018-02-05 20:40:27"	"https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-05/sp-nikkei-futures-crash-after-hours-vix-volumes-hit-all-time-high"	"S&P, Nikkei futures crash after hours as VIX volumes hit all time high "
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"3"	"2018-02-05 20:22:13"	"https://www.barrons.com/articles/leverage-gets-shaken-out-in-rout-1517864896"	"Volatity Spikes"	"Barrons"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"3"	"2017-08-14 20:45:21"	"http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-14/has-never-happened-goldman-warns-low-vol-regime-jeopardy"	"\'This has never happened before\': Goldman warns low-vol regime is in jeopardy"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"3"	"2017-08-10 23:38:24"	"https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/10/business/dealbook/stock-market-volatility-north-korea.html?referer="	"Wall Street’s ‘fear gauge’ skyrockets 44%"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"5"	"2017-08-09 21:46:58"	"http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-09/there-has-never-ever-been-many-trades-betting-vix"	"There has never, ever, been this many trades betting on stock volatility"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"5"	"2017-07-28 13:16:17"	"http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-27/vix-spikes-above-11-equity-market-liquidity-dries"	"VIX spikes to 11 as equity market liquidity dries up"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"4"	"2017-05-17 16:52:33"	"http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-17/vix-spikes-most-8-months-breaks-above-key-technical-level"	"VIX spikes most in 8 months"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"5"	"2017-04-17 20:40:15"	"http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-17/global-financial-market-stress-soars-2017-highs"	"Global financial market stress soars to 2017 highs "
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"5"	"2017-04-13 00:28:02"	"http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/12/the-market-fear-index-is-surging-to-a-post-trump-high-and-heres-why.html"	"Market fear index surging..."
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"4"	"2017-04-10 18:45:10"	"http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-10/american-investors-fear-highest-trumps-election"	"American investors\' \'fear\' highest since before election"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"5"	"2017-03-23 20:04:13"	"http://www.marketwatch.com/story/markets-fear-gauge-reaches-2017-high-as-republican-health-care-bill-falters-2017-03-23"	"Market\'s \'fear gauge\' reaches 2017 high"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"5"	"2017-03-12 13:59:22"	"http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/10/the-markets-fear-index-hasnt-run-this-cold-since-before-the-financial-crisis.html"	"‘Fear index’ hasn’t run this cold since before the Financial Crisis"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"5"	"2017-02-28 14:01:09"	"http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-02-28/dow-dips-vix-suddenly-spikes-2-week-highs"	"VIX surges to one-month highs"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"5"	"2017-02-01 17:08:31"	"http://www.nasdaq.com/article/dow-jones-industrial-average-drops-122-vix-jumps-most-since-election-cm740484"	"VIX jumps most since election"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"5"	"2017-01-18 13:26:36"	"http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-18/vix-spikes-2-week-highs-dow-erases-2017-gains"	"VIX spikes to 2-week highs as Dow erases 2017 gains"
"FEAR GAUGE RISES"	"5"	"2017-01-17 18:46:02"	"http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-17/calm-storm-vix-shorts-near-record-highs-inauguration-looms"	"Calm before the storm - VIX shorts near record highs"