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
09/21/2010
86,162
(-10,575)
71,475
(-12,168)
1,390
(-652)
16,903
(-68)
14,191
(-3,979)
13,365
(-2,970)
112,535
(-15,206, -13.0%)
14,687 (+1,593, +12.17%) 60.27%
09/14/2010
96,737
(+10,857)
83,643
(+3,933)
2,042
(+93)
16,971
(+3,501)
18,170
(+4,441)
16,335
(+7,957)
125,941
(+15,391, +15.15%)
13,094 (+6,924, +112.22%) 56.58%
09/07/2010
85,880
(+4,972)
79,710
(+12,479)
1,949
(+1,138)
13,470
(+690)
13,729
(+2,780)
8,378
(-4,279)
109,296
(+8,890, +9.59%)
6,170 (-7,507, -54.89%) 40.51%
08/31/2010
80,908
(+3,274)
67,231
(+4,850)
811
(0)
12,780
(-1,993)
10,949
(-2,786)
12,657
(-2,369)
99,473
(+488, +0.53%)
13,677 (-1,576, -10.33%) 57.93%
08/24/2010
77,634
(-9,074)
62,381
(-2,992)
811
(0)
14,773
(-3,135)
13,735
(-427)
15,026
(-3,374)
95,220
(-9,501, -9.34%)
15,253 (-6,082, -28.51%) 61.58%
08/17/2010
86,708
(+4,736)
65,373
(+766)
811
(+171)
17,908
(+2,033)
14,162
(-120)
18,400
(+1,988)
105,469
(+4,787, +4.94%)
21,335 (+3,970, +22.86%) 75.69%
08/10/2010
81,972
(+4,037)
64,607
(+1,047)
640
(+121)
15,875
(+2,004)
14,282
(+1,267)
16,412
(+2,374)
100,370
(+5,425, +5.93%)
17,365 (+2,990, +20.8%) 66.48%
08/03/2010
77,935
(+7,942)
63,560
(+5,344)
519
(-892)
13,871
(+1,097)
13,015
(+1,218)
14,038
(+1,827)
93,493
(+8,268, +9.94%)
14,375 (+2,598, +22.06%) 59.55%
07/27/2010
69,993
(-9,629)
58,216
(-2,882)
1,411
(+304)
12,774
(-4,824)
11,797
(-1,583)
12,211
(-3,202)
84,826
(-10,908, -11.59%)
11,777 (-6,747, -36.42%) 53.52%
07/20/2010
79,622
(+5,962)
61,098
(+4,413)
1,107
(-9)
17,598
(+1,703)
13,380
(+3,237)
15,413
(+3,074)
96,183
(+9,190, +10.82%)
18,524 (+1,549, +9.13%) 69.17%
07/13/2010
73,660
(+11,184)
56,685
(+8,090)
1,116
(+644)
15,895
(+6,050)
10,143
(+324)
12,339
(-1,988)
86,615
(+12,152, +16.7%)
16,975 (+3,094, +22.29%) 65.58%
07/06/2010
62,476
(+1,016)
48,595
(+907)
472
(+46)
9,845
(+255)
9,819
(-1,087)
14,327
(-1,187)
76,674
(-25, -0.03%)
13,881 (+109, +0.79%) 58.4%
06/29/2010
61,460
(+814)
47,688
(+106)
426
(0)
9,590
(+165)
10,906
(+2,848)
15,514
(+3,391)
75,447
(+3,662, +5.3%)
13,772 (+708, +5.42%) 58.15%
06/22/2010
60,646
(-10,841)
47,582
(-10,304)
426
(0)
9,425
(-955)
8,058
(-6,972)
12,123
(-6,554)
70,890
(-17,813, -20.49%)
13,064 (-537, -3.95%) 56.51%
06/15/2010
71,487
(-37)
57,886
(-1,830)
426
(-991)
10,380
(+1,129)
15,030
(+5,453)
18,677
(+5,126)
90,375
(+4,425, +5.36%)
13,601 (+1,793, +15.18%) 57.75%
06/08/2010
71,524
(+3,300)
59,716
(+2,211)
1,417
(-943)
9,251
(+234)
9,577
(+2,034)
13,551
(+1,946)
86,728
(+4,391, +5.62%)
11,808 (+1,089, +10.16%) 53.59%
06/01/2010
68,224
(+5,887)
57,505
(+4,572)
2,360
(-548)
9,017
(+865)
7,543
(-665)
11,605
(-763)
82,619
(+4,674, +6.36%)
10,719 (+1,315, +13.98%) 51.07%
05/25/2010
62,337
(-15,705)
52,933
(-15,854)
2,908
(+505)
8,152
(-1,625)
8,208
(-4,787)
12,368
(-2,508)
77,090
(-19,987, -21.39%)
9,404 (+149, +1.61%) 48.02%
05/18/2010
78,042
(+4,962)
68,787
(+7,159)
2,403
(+1,327)
9,777
(+708)
12,995
(+3,840)
14,876
(+2,262)
96,971
(+10,129, +12.16%)
9,255 (-2,197, -19.18%) 47.67%
05/11/2010
73,080
(+19,628)
61,628
(+18,599)
1,076
(-492)
9,069
(-116)
9,155
(-5,496)
12,614
(-4,843)
87,814
(+13,640, +19.58%)
11,452 (+1,029, +9.87%) 52.77%
Price data: Stooq Live (vix) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays