Stock Volatility Calculator

Calculate rolling log-return volatility with an explicit annualization frequency.

Your inputs

The starting values are an illustrative example. Calculations run locally; your inputs are not sent to a data provider.

Separate prices with commas, spaces or new lines. No thousands separators. Keep one currency, interval and adjustment basis. Maximum 2,000 observations.

Illustrative example result

Latest annualized volatility: 18.560015%. Period: 14. Input order: oldest to newest.

49 records

Calculation steps, oldest observation first. Unavailable values are warm-up or undefined windows; they are not zero.
22.059%
30.528%
4-1.117%
5-1.379%
6-0.01%
71.743%
82.205%
91.023%
10-0.725%
11-1.457%
12-0.497%
131.29%
142.203%
151.442%1.367%21.698%
16-0.261%1.305%20.723%
17-1.389%1.384%21.973%
18-0.892%1.369%21.728%
190.779%1.292%20.514%
202.06%1.36%21.585%
211.773%1.362%21.617%
220.218%1.276%20.251%
23-1.179%1.327%21.071%
24-1.174%1.358%21.551%
250.26%1.27%20.166%
261.793%1.303%20.678%
271.976%1.347%21.382%
280.694%1.262%20.028%
29-0.864%1.271%20.172%
30-1.324%1.335%21.194%
31-0.227%1.263%20.053%
321.417%1.249%19.833%
332.049%1.32%20.951%
341.135%1.259%19.99%
35-0.47%1.223%19.407%
36-1.335%1.299%20.625%
37-0.638%1.263%20.046%
380.965%1.207%19.165%
391.989%1.279%20.311%
401.492%1.259%19.98%
41-0.034%1.189%18.871%
42-1.207%1.253%19.888%
43-0.961%1.259%19.993%
440.495%1.181%18.75%
451.801%1.23%19.533%
461.736%1.252%19.874%
470.417%1.17%18.573%
48-0.961%1.2%19.055%
49-1.174%1.246%19.781%
500.025%1.169%18.56%

How to read these results

Formula & calculation basis

Log return = ln(current price / previous price). For n returns, calculate deviations from their mean. Sample variance divides squared deviations by n−1; population variance divides by n. Annualized volatility = return standard deviation × √periods per year.

Coverage & limitations

A window of n returns needs n+1 strictly positive prices. Input intervals must be equally spaced and corporate-action treatment consistent. Annualization assumes comparable independent intervals. This is historical return volatility, not price standard deviation or implied volatility.

Sources & update policy

Methodology reference ↗

Example inputs are synthetic and are not company data or a forecast. The formula version is dated 2026-10-28. Calculations do not fetch market data.

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