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
03/04/2014
134,638
(-3,720)
106,679
(-8,181)
104,145
(-4,594)
124,591
(-186)
20,973
(-365)
28,486
(-312)
362,996
(-8,679, -3.23%)
27,959 (+4,461, +18.98%) 30.07%
02/25/2014
138,358
(-31,696)
114,860
(-35,072)
108,739
(+1,142)
124,777
(+2,257)
21,338
(+1,187)
28,798
(+3,448)
367,042
(-29,367, -9.86%)
23,498 (+3,376, +16.78%) 26.62%
02/18/2014
170,054
(-1,890)
149,932
(+22,495)
107,597
(+22,247)
122,520
(-3,938)
20,151
(-1,195)
25,350
(+605)
409,111
(+19,162, +6.88%)
20,122 (-24,385, -54.79%) 24.0%
02/11/2014
171,944
(-1,167)
127,437
(+6,550)
85,350
(-16,152)
126,458
(-26,274)
21,346
(-3,849)
24,745
(-1,444)
378,851
(-21,168, -7.06%)
44,507 (-7,717, -14.78%) 42.89%
02/04/2014
173,111
(+9,993)
120,887
(+24,841)
101,502
(-6,653)
152,732
(-20,927)
25,195
(+2,970)
26,189
(+2,396)
384,117
(+6,310, +2.15%)
52,224 (-14,848, -22.14%) 48.86%
01/28/2014
163,118
(-21,742)
96,046
(-22,384)
108,155
(-20,393)
173,659
(-19,195)
22,225
(+5)
23,793
(-551)
376,043
(-42,130, -12.55%)
67,072 (+642, +0.97%) 60.36%
01/21/2014
184,860
(+10,454)
118,430
(+19,003)
128,548
(+8,632)
192,854
(+1,442)
22,220
(+1,097)
24,344
(-262)
416,956
(+20,183, +6.4%)
66,430 (-8,549, -11.4%) 59.86%
01/14/2014
174,406
(+28,748)
99,427
(+5,217)
119,916
(+3,422)
191,412
(+27,446)
21,123
(+1,830)
24,606
(+1,337)
397,328
(+34,000, +12.08%)
74,979 (+23,531, +45.74%) 66.48%
01/07/2014
145,658
(+6,477)
94,210
(-1,332)
116,494
(+3,212)
163,966
(+10,692)
19,293
(+29)
23,269
(+358)
359,668
(+9,718, +3.58%)
51,448 (+7,809, +17.89%) 48.26%
12/31/2013
139,181
(-575)
95,542
(-2,912)
113,282
(+1,640)
153,274
(+3,507)
19,264
(+93)
22,911
(+563)
349,696
(+1,158, +0.43%)
43,639 (+2,337, +5.66%) 42.21%
12/24/2013
139,756
(-24,081)
98,454
(-1,898)
111,642
(+15,810)
149,767
(-8,702)
19,171
(-2,962)
22,348
(-633)
354,273
(-11,233, -3.99%)
41,302 (-22,183, -34.94%) 40.4%
12/17/2013
163,837
(+2,781)
100,352
(+13,585)
95,832
(-10,047)
158,469
(-20,742)
22,133
(-1,947)
22,981
(-2,056)
378,966
(-9,213, -3.17%)
63,485 (-10,804, -14.54%) 57.58%
12/10/2013
161,056
(+8,154)
86,767
(-3,774)
105,879
(+5,069)
179,211
(+16,351)
24,080
(+235)
25,037
(+881)
387,342
(+13,458, +4.85%)
74,289 (+11,928, +19.13%) 65.95%
12/03/2013
152,902
(-13,402)
90,541
(-14,369)
100,810
(-11,220)
162,860
(-9,194)
23,845
(+445)
24,156
(-614)
381,272
(-24,177, -8.01%)
62,361 (+967, +1.58%) 56.71%
11/26/2013
166,304
(-23,964)
104,910
(-26,303)
112,030
(-11,381)
172,054
(-6,212)
23,400
(+199)
24,770
(-2,631)
413,869
(-35,146, -10.43%)
61,394 (+2,339, +3.96%) 55.96%
11/19/2013
190,268
(+19,846)
131,213
(+9,367)
123,411
(+6,737)
178,266
(+17,067)
23,201
(+103)
27,401
(+252)
439,641
(+26,686, +8.6%)
59,055 (+10,479, +21.57%) 54.15%
11/12/2013
170,422
(+11,984)
121,846
(+7,718)
116,674
(-3,437)
161,199
(-820)
23,098
(+416)
27,149
(+2,065)
407,724
(+8,963, +2.98%)
48,576 (+4,266, +9.63%) 46.04%
11/05/2013
158,438
(+3,944)
114,128
(+4,406)
120,111
(+14,894)
162,019
(+17,129)
22,682
(+1,237)
25,084
(-1,460)
389,521
(+20,075, +7.14%)
44,310 (-462, -1.03%) 42.73%
10/29/2013
154,494
(-7,269)
109,722
(-2,988)
105,217
(+16,786)
144,890
(+13,162)
21,445
(+1,560)
26,544
(+903)
362,490
(+11,077, +4.1%)
44,772 (-4,281, -8.73%) 43.09%
10/22/2013
161,763
(-26,561)
112,710
(-9,224)
88,431
(+18,409)
131,728
(-1,908)
19,885
(-1,966)
25,641
(+1,014)
350,915
(-10,118, -3.61%)
49,053 (-17,337, -26.11%) 46.41%
Price data: Stooq Live (vix) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays