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
04/03/2012
176,384
(+4,159)
144,741
(+6,321)
76,912
(-1,979)
103,249
(-5,269)
24,536
(+1,697)
29,842
(+2,825)
310,512
(+3,877, +1.42%)
31,643 (-2,162, -6.4%) 95.21%
03/27/2012
172,225
(-20,035)
138,420
(-37,267)
78,891
(-21,909)
108,518
(-6,825)
22,839
(-8,316)
27,017
(-6,168)
304,339
(-50,260, -15.5%)
33,805 (+17,232, +103.98%) 100.0%
03/20/2012
192,260
(+25,179)
175,687
(+25,971)
100,800
(+15,114)
115,343
(+13,246)
31,155
(+9,379)
33,185
(+10,455)
363,883
(+49,672, +18.09%)
16,573 (-792, -4.56%) 85.41%
03/13/2012
167,081
(+27,257)
149,716
(+19,037)
85,686
(+1,650)
102,097
(+10,431)
21,776
(+415)
22,730
(-146)
308,953
(+29,322, +11.96%)
17,365 (+8,220, +89.89%) 87.83%
03/06/2012
139,824
(+19,996)
130,679
(+20,776)
84,036
(+9,801)
91,666
(+7,948)
21,361
(+110)
22,876
(+1,183)
271,074
(+29,907, +13.89%)
9,145 (-780, -7.86%) 62.64%
02/28/2012
119,828
(+19,772)
109,903
(+11,762)
74,235
(+9,399)
83,718
(+14,204)
21,251
(+471)
21,693
(+3,676)
236,528
(+29,642, +15.96%)
9,925 (+8,010, +418.28%) 65.03%
02/21/2012
100,056
(-12,342)
98,141
(-2,570)
64,836
(+21,155)
69,514
(+8,288)
20,780
(-5,668)
18,017
(-2,573)
204,578
(+3,145, +1.72%)
1,915 (-9,772, -83.61%) 40.48%
02/14/2012
112,398
(+12,602)
100,711
(+14,870)
43,681
(+6,646)
61,226
(+5,715)
26,448
(+3,798)
20,590
(+2,461)
209,554
(+23,046, +14.45%)
11,687 (-2,268, -16.25%) 70.43%
02/07/2012
99,796
(+10,728)
85,841
(+12,693)
37,035
(+7,755)
55,511
(+7,955)
22,650
(+183)
18,129
(-1,982)
191,134
(+18,666, +13.26%)
13,955 (-1,965, -12.34%) 77.38%
01/31/2012
89,068
(+9,596)
73,148
(+7,019)
29,280
(+4,184)
47,556
(+4,711)
22,467
(+14,670)
20,111
(+16,720)
171,354
(+28,450, +25.32%)
15,920 (+2,577, +19.31%) 83.4%
01/24/2012
79,472
(-4,463)
66,129
(-4,540)
25,096
(+11,104)
42,845
(+11,548)
7,797
(-15,264)
3,391
(-15,631)
151,622
(-8,623, -7.13%)
13,343 (+77, +0.58%) 75.51%
01/17/2012
83,935
(-1,559)
70,669
(+2,755)
13,992
(+1,989)
31,297
(-919)
23,061
(+7,140)
19,022
(+5,734)
154,301
(+7,570, +6.67%)
13,266 (-4,314, -24.54%) 75.27%
01/10/2012
85,494
(+12,995)
67,914
(+10,992)
12,003
(+1,688)
32,216
(+7,727)
15,921
(+1,603)
13,288
(-2,433)
144,035
(+16,286, +16.77%)
17,580 (+2,003, +12.86%) 88.49%
01/03/2012
72,499
(+835)
56,922
(-3,321)
10,315
(-1,144)
24,489
(+2,406)
14,318
(+1,717)
15,721
(+2,323)
128,268
(+1,408, +1.47%)
15,577 (+4,156, +36.39%) 82.35%
12/27/2011
71,664
(-17,995)
60,243
(-23,666)
11,459
(-5,018)
22,083
(-1,539)
12,601
(-3,156)
13,398
(-964)
127,438
(-26,169, -21.47%)
11,421 (+5,671, +98.63%) 69.62%
12/20/2011
89,659
(+4,656)
83,909
(+4,289)
16,477
(+2,181)
23,622
(+1,072)
15,757
(-1,570)
14,362
(-94)
156,992
(+5,267, +4.52%)
5,750 (+367, +6.82%) 52.24%
12/13/2011
85,003
(+3,006)
79,620
(-7,163)
14,296
(-4,457)
22,550
(+4,850)
17,327
(+2,076)
14,456
(+2,938)
150,430
(+625, +0.54%)
5,383 (+10,169, +212.47%) 51.11%
12/06/2011
81,997
(+8,735)
86,783
(+8,845)
18,753
(-1,682)
17,700
(-1,960)
15,251
(-95)
11,518
(+73)
148,494
(+6,958, +6.38%)
-4,786 (-110, -2.35%) 19.95%
11/29/2011
73,262
(+6,527)
77,938
(+3,097)
20,435
(-1,198)
19,660
(+3,403)
15,346
(-871)
11,445
(-2,042)
138,609
(+4,458, +4.26%)
-4,676 (+3,430, +42.31%) 20.29%
11/22/2011
66,735
(-14,746)
74,841
(-5,276)
21,633
(+2,925)
16,257
(-5,442)
16,217
(-254)
13,487
(-1,357)
133,931
(-12,075, -10.35%)
-8,106 (-9,470, -694.28%) 9.77%
Price data: Stooq Live (vix) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays