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
09/15/2015
108,579
(+11,666)
140,810
(+6,385)
123,603
(-2,129)
90,449
(+2,642)
23,889
(+829)
24,812
(+1,339)
358,430
(+10,366, +4.22%)
-32,231 (+5,281, +14.08%) 3.39%
09/08/2015
96,913
(-6,204)
134,425
(+693)
125,732
(-2,892)
87,807
(-8,578)
23,060
(-7,707)
23,473
(-8,918)
328,265
(-16,803, -6.4%)
-37,512 (-6,897, -22.53%) 0.0%
09/01/2015
103,117
(-975)
133,732
(+12,801)
128,624
(+10,828)
96,385
(-4,580)
30,767
(-1,798)
32,391
(-166)
330,119
(+8,055, +3.17%)
-30,615 (-13,776, -81.81%) 0.0%
08/25/2015
104,092
(-31,688)
120,931
(+46,505)
117,796
(-2,580)
100,965
(-74,305)
32,565
(+9,420)
32,557
(+2,952)
318,599
(-24,848, -8.9%)
-16,839 (-78,193, -127.45%) 0.0%
08/18/2015
135,780
(+392)
74,426
(+7,647)
120,376
(-3,258)
175,270
(-10,820)
23,145
(-276)
29,605
(+31)
344,113
(-3,142, -1.11%)
61,354 (-7,255, -10.57%) 55.24%
08/11/2015
135,388
(+380)
66,779
(+5,601)
123,634
(+11,057)
186,090
(+9,068)
23,421
(+2,327)
29,574
(-905)
350,640
(+13,764, +5.12%)
68,609 (-5,221, -7.07%) 60.94%
08/04/2015
135,008
(+12,089)
61,178
(+1,859)
112,577
(-572)
177,022
(+9,943)
21,094
(+136)
30,479
(-149)
332,508
(+11,653, +4.53%)
73,830 (+10,230, +16.08%) 65.05%
07/28/2015
122,919
(-16,236)
59,319
(-30,733)
113,149
(-18,627)
167,079
(-5,551)
20,958
(-1,888)
30,628
(-467)
317,371
(-36,751, -12.51%)
63,600 (+14,497, +29.52%) 57.0%
07/21/2015
139,155
(+11,877)
90,052
(+726)
131,776
(+33,142)
172,630
(+43,001)
22,846
(-405)
31,095
(+887)
368,795
(+44,614, +17.91%)
49,103 (+11,151, +29.38%) 45.6%
07/14/2015
127,278
(+4,963)
89,326
(-4,615)
98,634
(-4,909)
129,629
(+4,095)
23,251
(+1,269)
30,208
(+1,843)
329,967
(+1,323, +0.53%)
37,952 (+9,578, +33.76%) 36.83%
07/07/2015
122,315
(-4,926)
93,941
(+7,851)
103,543
(-14,123)
125,534
(-26,931)
21,982
(-2,539)
28,365
(-2,508)
316,571
(-21,588, -8.01%)
28,374 (-12,777, -31.05%) 29.3%
06/30/2015
127,241
(-9,281)
86,090
(+10,641)
117,666
(-18,492)
152,465
(-35,973)
24,521
(+2,422)
30,873
(-19)
336,956
(-25,351, -8.6%)
41,151 (-19,922, -32.62%) 39.35%
06/23/2015
136,522
(-10,593)
75,449
(-371)
136,158
(+11,570)
188,438
(-5,832)
22,099
(-3,876)
30,892
(+3,304)
366,536
(-2,899, -0.97%)
61,073 (-10,222, -14.34%) 55.01%
06/16/2015
147,115
(+2,955)
75,820
(+10,940)
124,588
(+1,771)
194,270
(-2,984)
25,975
(+2,464)
27,588
(-766)
373,381
(+7,190, +2.48%)
71,295 (-7,985, -10.07%) 63.05%
06/09/2015
144,160
(-2,856)
64,880
(-6,616)
122,817
(-8,125)
197,254
(-4,004)
23,511
(+1,558)
28,354
(+1,197)
365,614
(-9,423, -3.14%)
79,280 (+3,760, +4.98%) 69.34%
06/02/2015
147,016
(+5,183)
71,496
(+1,070)
130,942
(-4,551)
201,258
(-1,228)
21,953
(-646)
27,157
(+144)
379,061
(-14, -0.0%)
75,520 (+4,113, +5.76%) 66.38%
05/26/2015
141,833
(-17,268)
70,426
(-21,091)
135,493
(+3,720)
202,486
(+8,364)
22,599
(-1,527)
27,013
(-2,348)
385,211
(-15,075, -4.79%)
71,407 (+3,823, +5.66%) 63.14%
05/19/2015
159,101
(+7,471)
91,517
(+10,626)
131,773
(-3,375)
194,122
(-3,996)
24,126
(+1,566)
29,361
(-968)
418,584
(+5,662, +1.83%)
67,584 (-3,155, -4.46%) 60.14%
05/12/2015
151,630
(-5,020)
80,891
(+7,208)
135,148
(-2,423)
198,118
(-15,211)
22,560
(-291)
30,329
(+269)
386,206
(-7,734, -2.44%)
70,739 (-12,228, -14.74%) 62.62%
05/05/2015
156,650
(+6,296)
73,683
(-1,844)
137,571
(-3,838)
213,329
(+3,220)
22,851
(+381)
30,060
(+1,463)
395,445
(+2,839, +0.9%)
82,967 (+8,140, +10.88%) 72.24%
Price data: Stooq Live (vix) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays