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
05/04/2010
53,452
(+3,146)
43,029
(+224)
1,568
(-37)
9,185
(+2,615)
14,651
(+2,128)
17,457
(+2,398)
75,048
(+5,237, +8.13%)
10,423 (+2,922, +38.95%) 50.38%
04/27/2010
50,306
(-10,962)
42,805
(-17,708)
1,605
(-1,142)
6,570
(-216)
12,523
(+1,504)
15,059
(+7,324)
68,834
(-10,600, -14.13%)
7,501 (+6,746, +893.51%) 43.6%
04/20/2010
61,268
(+12,982)
60,513
(+7,875)
2,747
(-3,500)
6,786
(-2,205)
11,019
(+697)
7,735
(+4,509)
79,909
(+10,179, +15.7%)
755 (+5,107, +117.35%) 27.95%
04/13/2010
48,286
(+139)
52,638
(+4,513)
6,247
(+1,065)
8,991
(+240)
10,322
(-801)
3,226
(-4,350)
69,127
(+403, +0.63%)
-4,352 (-4,374, -19881.82%) 16.11%
04/06/2010
48,147
(+7,542)
48,125
(+5,974)
5,182
(+113)
8,751
(+329)
11,123
(-1,265)
7,576
(+87)
67,613
(+6,390, +11.01%)
22 (+1,568, +101.42%) 26.25%
03/30/2010
40,605
(+1,904)
42,151
(+304)
5,069
(+242)
8,422
(+465)
12,388
(+2,083)
7,489
(+3,460)
61,874
(+4,229, +7.86%)
-1,546 (+1,600, +50.86%) 22.61%
03/23/2010
38,701
(-12,559)
41,847
(-16,906)
4,827
(-3,883)
7,957
(+1,005)
10,305
(-722)
4,029
(-1,263)
57,147
(-17,164, -24.18%)
-3,146 (+4,347, +58.01%) 18.9%
03/16/2010
51,260
(+13,687)
58,753
(+15,252)
8,710
(+337)
6,952
(-54)
11,027
(+1,078)
5,292
(-96)
77,309
(+15,102, +27.02%)
-7,493 (-1,565, -26.4%) 8.82%
03/09/2010
37,573
(+10,733)
43,501
(+12,596)
8,373
(+3,595)
7,006
(+1,957)
9,949
(-218)
5,388
(-443)
60,569
(+14,110, +33.77%)
-5,928 (-1,863, -45.83%) 12.45%
03/02/2010
26,840
(+459)
30,905
(+1,872)
4,778
(+331)
5,049
(+6)
10,167
(+2,329)
5,831
(+1,241)
46,394
(+3,119, +8.07%)
-4,065 (-1,413, -53.28%) 16.77%
02/23/2010
26,381
(-4,098)
29,033
(-1,822)
4,447
(+353)
5,043
(+685)
7,838
(+390)
4,590
(-2,218)
43,207
(-3,355, -7.98%)
-2,652 (-2,276, -605.32%) 20.05%
02/16/2010
30,479
(-1,232)
30,855
(-866)
4,094
(+213)
4,358
(-552)
7,448
(-61)
6,808
(+338)
46,713
(-1,080, -2.51%)
-376 (-366, -3660.0%) 25.33%
02/09/2010
31,711
(+822)
31,721
(+1,468)
3,881
(+140)
4,910
(-1,226)
7,509
(-415)
6,470
(+305)
48,999
(+547, +1.29%)
-10 (-646, -101.57%) 26.18%
02/02/2010
30,889
(+729)
30,253
(+1,134)
3,741
(+626)
6,136
(+113)
7,924
(-930)
6,165
(-822)
47,960
(+425, +1.01%)
636 (-405, -38.9%) 27.68%
01/26/2010
30,160
(-13,589)
29,119
(-13,784)
3,115
(+904)
6,023
(-500)
8,854
(-4,288)
6,987
(-2,689)
47,810
(-16,973, -28.72%)
1,041 (+195, +23.05%) 28.62%
01/19/2010
43,749
(-1,917)
42,903
(-1,940)
2,211
(+509)
6,523
(+969)
13,142
(+834)
9,676
(+397)
63,463
(-574, -0.96%)
846 (+23, +2.79%) 28.16%
01/12/2010
45,666
(+2,457)
44,843
(+4,275)
1,702
(+690)
5,554
(-3,270)
12,308
(-772)
9,279
(+1,370)
63,142
(+2,375, +4.14%)
823 (-1,818, -68.84%) 28.11%
01/05/2010
43,209
(+3,217)
40,568
(+6,147)
1,012
(+525)
8,824
(-239)
13,080
(+4,079)
7,909
(+1,913)
61,257
(+7,821, +15.81%)
2,641 (-2,930, -52.59%) 32.33%
12/29/2009
39,992
(-736)
34,421
(-144)
487
(-439)
9,063
(-787)
9,001
(+764)
5,996
(+520)
52,718
(-411, -0.82%)
5,571 (-592, -9.61%) 39.12%
12/22/2009
40,728
(+4,001)
34,565
(+14,845)
926
(-2,515)
9,850
(-12,509)
8,237
(-3,040)
5,476
(-3,890)
53,120
(-1,554, -3.02%)
6,163 (-10,844, -63.76%) 40.5%
Price data: Stooq Live (vix) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays