Markets Trackers

Stock indexes, crypto, gold, oil, and the VIX volatility gauge — the asset-class signals that tell you whether risk is on or off across the U.S. economy.

Markets are the daily polling place for the economy. Every day, millions of dollars vote on whether earnings will rise, whether the Fed will cut, whether inflation will cool, and whether a recession is coming. The signals are noisy — markets get a lot wrong day-to-day — but the medium-term trends are some of the most powerful indicators we have. The S&P 500 is the single most-watched economic chart in the world for a reason.

Our Markets trackers cover the asset classes that matter for U.S. households and investors. The S&P 500 (and its component data — Bitcoin dominance is even tracked separately for crypto-watchers). Bitcoin price. Gold spot price. WTI crude oil. The VIX volatility index. Each tracker shows the live price, day-over-day change, year-over-year change, 5-year average, and all-time high and low.

Market data comes from a mix of free public sources — Stooq for equities and commodities, CoinGecko for crypto, FRED as the umbrella for institutional series. Daily updates for everything in this group. Charts go back deep enough that you can see the 2008 crisis, the 2020 COVID crash, and the 2022 bear market in context. Markets are a meta-tracker — they fold every other tracker on this page into one number.

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Equity indexes, crypto, gold, and oil benchmarks.

S&P 500 Index The 500 largest U.S. public companies, market-cap weighted. LIVE 7,433 +18 Gold Spot Price London PM Gold Fixing, U.S. dollars per troy ounce. LIVE $2,418 +$12 Bitcoin Price Real-time BTC/USD market price. LIVE $108,450 +$1,820 Gas Price Tracker Daily AAA averages for all 50 states + commodity context. LIVE — Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 blue-chip U.S. stocks — the most-cited daily market benchmark. LIVE 42,485 +152 Nasdaq Composite All ~3,000 Nasdaq-listed stocks — the tech-heavy benchmark. LIVE 18,925 +95 VIX — Volatility Index The "fear gauge" — implied volatility of S&P 500 options. Lower is calmer. LIVE 14.50 0 DXY — U.S. Dollar Index Trade-weighted strength of the dollar vs. six major currencies (EUR, JPY, GBP, CAD, SEK, CHF). LIVE 103.55 0 Ethereum Price ETH/USD — the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. LIVE $3,825 +$52 Bitcoin Dominance BTC's share of total crypto market cap — a regime indicator for alt-coin cycles. LIVE 56.5% -0.20 Total Crypto Market Cap The whole digital-asset market measured in USD. LIVE $2.65T +0 Stablecoin Supply (USDT + USDC) Combined circulating supply of the two largest USD-pegged stablecoins. LIVE $168.0B +1 Bitcoin 30-Day Volatility Rolling 30-day standard deviation of BTC daily returns. LIVE 32.5% -0.80

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Who Watches These Trackers?

Investors

Track the major asset classes against your portfolio benchmarks — equities, crypto, gold, and bonds.

Active Traders

Watch the S&P 500, VIX, and crypto for daily entry and exit setups across stocks and digital assets.

Long-Term Savers

See where major asset classes sit relative to historical norms before rebalancing your 401(k) or IRA.

Frequently Asked Questions

The number we show is end-of-day close from the prior trading day, sourced from Stooq. It refreshes once per business day after U.S. market close. For intraday quotes, use a real-time broker quote — our purpose is the historical and context view, not day-trading signals.

Because in 2026, crypto trades like risk-on equities — Bitcoin's correlation with the S&P 500 has been positive and high for years. Treating Bitcoin as its own asset class is misleading; treating it as a high-beta risk asset alongside equities and gold is more accurate. We do show Bitcoin's own metrics (volatility, BTC dominance) for crypto-native readers.

The VIX is the Cboe Volatility Index — it measures the market's 30-day forward expectation of S&P 500 volatility, derived from options pricing. Low VIX (under 15) signals complacency. High VIX (over 25) signals fear. VIX spikes above 35 historically mark short-term equity bottoms. It is not a stock price — it is a "fear gauge."

Gold has two competing roles: an inflation hedge (rises when CPI rises) and a risk asset (sometimes rises with stocks in a "everything-rallies" environment, sometimes falls when investors flee to dollars). The dominant driver shifts year to year. In 2025 it was inflation hedge + dollar weakness. In 2024 it was risk-on with stocks. Don't expect a single mental model to always hold.

No — every market price on this page is the nominal market quote. Inflation adjustment is a separate calculation. The S&P 500 chart, for instance, looks dramatically different in real (inflation-adjusted) terms. We may add real-terms versions in a future release.