Vix

Futures Continuous vix
Open Interest 397,483 (-4,787, -1.54%)
Commercial Net 89,327 (-447, -0.5%)
Large Spec Net -89,223 (+3,140)
Small Traders Net -104 (-2,693)
COT Index 86.21% As of 01/20/2026
Last Update 01/20 Weekly Report
Vix Price
Futures Continuous • D / W / M
COT Positioning Chart
Net positions over time
Vix COT Index
Current positioning
0% = Lowest in 3 years | 50% = Middle | 100% = Highest
COT Positioning Trends
Line chart trends
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Historical COT Data
20 records with weekly changes
Date Commercials Large Speculators Small Traders Open Interest Net Commercial COT Index
Long Short Long Short Long Short
08/15/2017
228,088
(-22,720)
95,053
(-6,841)
154,028
(-40,915)
283,434
(-66,550)
35,742
(-3,758)
39,371
(+5,998)
603,600
(-67,393, -13.89%)
133,035 (-15,879, -10.66%) 88.37%
08/08/2017
250,808
(-2,109)
101,894
(+4,467)
194,943
(+15,467)
349,984
(+12,394)
39,500
(+3,585)
33,373
(+82)
671,800
(+16,943, +3.62%)
148,914 (-6,576, -4.23%) 96.59%
08/01/2017
252,917
(+27,305)
97,427
(+6,313)
179,476
(-22,610)
337,590
(-1,137)
35,915
(+1,470)
33,291
(+989)
638,805
(+6,165, +1.33%)
155,490 (+20,992, +15.61%) 100.0%
07/25/2017
225,612
(-13,550)
91,114
(-8,117)
202,086
(+18,123)
338,727
(+14,396)
34,445
(-1,015)
32,302
(-2,721)
611,661
(+3,558, +0.78%)
134,498 (-5,433, -3.88%) 95.6%
07/18/2017
239,162
(+9,930)
99,231
(-17,305)
183,963
(+38,733)
324,331
(+68,813)
35,460
(+4,804)
35,023
(+1,959)
617,557
(+53,467, +13.2%)
139,931 (+27,235, +24.17%) 98.61%
07/11/2017
229,232
(+11,935)
116,536
(+22,566)
145,230
(+7,795)
255,518
(-5,553)
30,656
(-3,841)
33,064
(-1,124)
576,528
(+15,889, +4.08%)
112,696 (-10,631, -8.62%) 83.48%
07/03/2017
217,297
(+3,152)
93,970
(+10,490)
137,435
(-20,164)
261,071
(-31,524)
34,497
(+242)
34,188
(+4,264)
562,691
(-16,770, -4.13%)
123,327 (-7,338, -5.62%) 89.39%
06/27/2017
214,145
(-14,732)
83,480
(-2,973)
157,599
(+10,927)
292,595
(+2,078)
34,255
(-3,203)
29,924
(-6,113)
562,064
(-7,008, -1.7%)
130,665 (-11,759, -8.26%) 93.46%
06/20/2017
228,877
(-31,884)
86,453
(-42,769)
146,672
(-19,509)
290,517
(-5,495)
37,458
(+4,696)
36,037
(+1,567)
583,594
(-46,697, -10.16%)
142,424 (+10,885, +8.28%) 100.0%
06/13/2017
260,761
(+5,074)
129,222
(+7,159)
166,181
(+11,574)
296,012
(+5,552)
32,762
(-2,717)
34,470
(+1,220)
632,465
(+13,931, +3.13%)
131,539 (-2,085, -1.56%) 94.52%
06/06/2017
255,687
(+28,355)
122,063
(+13,432)
154,607
(+1,625)
290,460
(+18,552)
35,479
(+1,326)
33,250
(-678)
614,761
(+31,306, +7.55%)
133,624 (+14,923, +12.57%) 95.68%
05/30/2017
227,332
(+26,577)
108,631
(+10,749)
152,982
(+32,144)
271,908
(+48,658)
34,153
(+1,455)
33,928
(+769)
577,687
(+60,176, +16.98%)
118,701 (+15,828, +15.39%) 87.34%
05/23/2017
200,755
(-45,797)
97,882
(-7,328)
120,838
(-52,862)
223,250
(-92,810)
32,698
(-6,464)
33,159
(-4,985)
525,156
(-105,123, -22.88%)
102,873 (-38,469, -27.22%) 78.49%
05/16/2017
246,552
(+9,885)
105,210
(-16,198)
173,700
(+12,261)
316,060
(+38,947)
39,162
(-244)
38,144
(-847)
620,266
(+21,902, +5.01%)
141,342 (+26,083, +22.63%) 100.0%
05/09/2017
236,667
(+22,055)
121,408
(+16,480)
161,439
(+10,201)
277,113
(+19,200)
39,406
(+6,599)
38,991
(+3,175)
597,942
(+38,855, +9.75%)
115,259 (+5,575, +5.08%) 86.57%
05/02/2017
214,612
(+40,391)
104,928
(+2,819)
151,238
(-1,917)
257,913
(+35,940)
32,807
(-3,467)
35,816
(-3,752)
540,301
(+35,007, +9.63%)
109,684 (+37,572, +52.1%) 83.41%
04/25/2017
174,221
(-253)
102,109
(+9,254)
153,155
(+49,220)
221,973
(+32,391)
36,274
(+4,476)
39,568
(+11,798)
492,186
(+53,443, +17.23%)
72,112 (-9,507, -11.65%) 62.12%
04/18/2017
174,474
(-35,022)
92,855
(-29,708)
103,935
(-27,849)
189,582
(-25,839)
31,798
(-6,160)
27,770
(-13,484)
470,700
(-69,031, -18.2%)
81,619 (-5,314, -6.11%) 67.51%
04/11/2017
209,496
(+9,894)
122,563
(+19,986)
131,784
(-8,732)
215,421
(-19,589)
37,958
(+4,979)
41,254
(+5,744)
544,927
(+6,141, +1.65%)
86,933 (-10,092, -10.4%) 70.52%
04/04/2017
199,602
(+10,627)
102,577
(+19,326)
140,516
(-10,720)
235,010
(-18,978)
32,979
(+2,271)
35,510
(+1,830)
518,165
(+2,178, +0.59%)
97,025 (-8,699, -8.23%) 76.24%
Price data: Stooq Live (vix) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays