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
06/28/2011
118,697
(-4,017)
98,860
(-3,624)
20,344
(-132)
43,244
(+170)
23,063
(-2,165)
20,000
(-2,860)
212,119
(-6,314, -3.75%)
19,837 (-393, -1.94%) 72.22%
06/21/2011
122,714
(-24,565)
102,484
(-25,791)
20,476
(-2,465)
43,074
(-1,356)
25,228
(-843)
22,860
(-726)
215,571
(-27,873, -14.2%)
20,230 (+1,226, +6.45%) 73.13%
06/14/2011
147,279
(+8,152)
128,275
(+3,874)
22,941
(-5,099)
44,430
(-774)
26,071
(+3,446)
23,586
(+3,399)
248,976
(+6,499, +3.42%)
19,004 (+4,278, +29.05%) 70.28%
06/07/2011
139,127
(+2,726)
124,401
(+418)
28,040
(-3,518)
45,204
(-4,306)
22,625
(-1,109)
20,187
(+1,987)
244,662
(-1,901, -0.99%)
14,726 (+2,308, +18.59%) 60.36%
05/31/2011
136,401
(-5,034)
123,983
(-828)
31,558
(+5,950)
49,510
(+3,551)
23,734
(+1,471)
18,200
(-336)
242,356
(+2,387, +1.26%)
12,418 (-4,206, -25.3%) 55.01%
05/24/2011
141,435
(+1,254)
124,811
(-16,714)
25,608
(-4,747)
45,959
(+8,369)
22,263
(-6,178)
18,536
(-1,326)
235,635
(-9,671, -4.86%)
16,624 (+17,968, +1336.9%) 64.76%
05/17/2011
140,181
(+12,741)
141,525
(+14,536)
30,355
(+679)
37,590
(-3,557)
28,441
(-2,190)
19,862
(+251)
244,146
(+11,230, +5.98%)
-1,344 (-1,795, -398.0%) 23.08%
05/10/2011
127,440
(+8,799)
126,989
(+10,271)
29,676
(+873)
41,147
(+744)
30,631
(+4,608)
19,611
(+3,265)
228,037
(+14,280, +8.23%)
451 (-1,472, -76.55%) 27.25%
05/03/2011
118,641
(+11,933)
116,718
(+8,384)
28,803
(+1,532)
40,403
(+4,897)
26,023
(+3,827)
16,346
(+4,011)
215,008
(+17,292, +11.07%)
1,923 (+3,549, +218.27%) 30.66%
04/26/2011
106,708
(-16,519)
108,334
(-18,033)
27,271
(-2,986)
35,506
(+1,815)
22,196
(-282)
12,335
(-3,569)
193,067
(-19,787, -11.25%)
-1,626 (+1,514, +48.22%) 22.43%
04/19/2011
123,227
(+24,392)
126,367
(+18,926)
30,257
(+610)
33,691
(+6,600)
22,478
(-935)
15,904
(-1,459)
214,920
(+24,067, +15.84%)
-3,140 (+5,466, +63.51%) 18.92%
04/12/2011
98,835
(+311)
107,441
(-1,961)
29,647
(+1,082)
27,091
(+2,976)
23,413
(+2,980)
17,363
(+3,358)
188,985
(+4,373, +2.96%)
-8,606 (+2,272, +20.89%) 6.24%
04/05/2011
98,524
(-5,569)
109,402
(-4,202)
28,565
(+3,855)
24,115
(+3,506)
20,433
(-368)
14,005
(-1,386)
181,288
(-2,082, -1.39%)
-10,878 (-1,367, -14.37%) 0.97%
03/29/2011
104,093
(+4,073)
113,604
(+9,544)
24,710
(+6,435)
20,609
(+5,115)
20,801
(+3,335)
15,391
(-816)
184,059
(+13,843, +10.2%)
-9,511 (-5,471, -135.42%) 4.14%
03/22/2011
100,020
(-16,222)
104,060
(-6,945)
18,275
(-291)
15,494
(-12,095)
17,466
(-4,515)
16,207
(-1,988)
170,219
(-21,028, -13.41%)
-4,040 (-9,277, -177.14%) 16.83%
03/15/2011
116,242
(+7,993)
111,005
(+8,215)
18,566
(+28)
27,589
(-652)
21,981
(+1,605)
18,195
(+2,063)
194,201
(+9,626, +6.54%)
5,237 (-222, -4.07%) 38.35%
03/08/2011
108,249
(+18,008)
102,790
(+17,754)
18,538
(+489)
28,241
(+810)
20,376
(+839)
16,132
(+772)
181,031
(+19,336, +15.13%)
5,459 (+254, +4.88%) 38.86%
03/01/2011
90,241
(-253)
85,036
(+559)
18,049
(+2,493)
27,431
(+773)
19,537
(-2,604)
15,360
(-1,696)
160,389
(-364, -0.28%)
5,205 (-812, -13.5%) 38.28%
02/22/2011
90,494
(-7,675)
84,477
(-12,417)
15,556
(-6,392)
26,658
(-4,045)
22,141
(+2,477)
17,056
(+4,872)
162,568
(-11,590, -8.29%)
6,017 (+4,742, +371.92%) 40.16%
02/15/2011
98,169
(-3,256)
96,894
(+3,933)
21,948
(+1,849)
30,703
(-4,245)
19,664
(+1,593)
12,184
(+498)
178,591
(+186, +0.13%)
1,275 (-7,189, -84.94%) 29.16%
Price data: Stooq Live (vix) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays