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
12/15/2009
36,727
(-859)
19,720
(+780)
3,441
(-1,159)
22,359
(-1,113)
11,277
(+142)
9,366
(-1,543)
62,312
(-1,876, -3.52%)
17,007 (-1,639, -8.79%) 65.65%
12/08/2009
37,586
(+1,973)
18,940
(-2,101)
4,600
(-189)
23,472
(+4,229)
11,135
(-2,817)
10,909
(-3,161)
62,017
(-1,033, -1.9%)
18,646 (+4,074, +27.96%) 69.45%
12/01/2009
35,613
(+2,957)
21,041
(+815)
4,789
(-126)
19,243
(+1,253)
13,952
(+3,843)
14,070
(+4,606)
61,905
(+6,674, +14.0%)
14,572 (+2,142, +17.23%) 60.0%
11/24/2009
32,656
(-7,497)
20,226
(-4,578)
4,915
(-682)
17,990
(-3,052)
10,109
(+3,392)
9,464
(+2,843)
57,676
(-4,787, -9.12%)
12,430 (-2,919, -19.02%) 55.03%
11/17/2009
40,153
(+708)
24,804
(+3,158)
5,597
(+1,241)
21,042
(-1,715)
6,717
(+28)
6,621
(+534)
64,048
(+1,977, +3.92%)
15,349 (-2,450, -13.76%) 61.81%
11/09/2009
39,445
(+3,643)
21,646
(+4,170)
4,356
(+188)
22,757
(-130)
6,689
(-1,242)
6,087
(-1,451)
59,863
(+2,589, +5.4%)
17,799 (-527, -2.88%) 67.49%
11/03/2009
35,802
(+4,498)
17,476
(-2,625)
4,168
(+715)
22,887
(+5,347)
7,931
(-1,929)
7,538
(+562)
55,936
(+3,284, +7.36%)
18,326 (+7,123, +63.58%) 68.71%
10/27/2009
31,304
(-7,020)
20,101
(-1,022)
3,453
(+1,683)
17,540
(-7,030)
9,860
(-3,134)
6,976
(-419)
50,369
(-8,471, -15.96%)
11,203 (-5,998, -34.87%) 52.19%
10/20/2009
38,324
(+1,303)
21,123
(+1,913)
1,770
(-2,695)
24,570
(-1,708)
12,994
(+1,194)
7,395
(-403)
58,861
(-198, -0.37%)
17,201 (-610, -3.42%) 66.1%
10/13/2009
37,021
(+6,226)
19,210
(+1,872)
4,465
(+1,048)
26,278
(+7,476)
11,800
(+3,073)
7,798
(+999)
58,269
(+10,347, +24.1%)
17,811 (+4,354, +32.35%) 67.52%
10/06/2009
30,795
(+2,525)
17,338
(-803)
3,417
(+44)
18,802
(+4,296)
8,727
(+587)
6,799
(-337)
48,581
(+3,156, +7.93%)
13,457 (+3,328, +32.86%) 57.42%
09/29/2009
28,270
(-2,811)
18,141
(-4,717)
3,373
(-672)
14,506
(-221)
8,140
(-292)
7,136
(+1,163)
43,154
(-3,775, -8.67%)
10,129 (+1,906, +23.18%) 49.7%
09/22/2009
31,081
(-4,102)
22,858
(-6,464)
4,045
(-338)
14,727
(+1,824)
8,432
(-1,290)
5,973
(-1,090)
46,867
(-5,730, -11.63%)
8,223 (+2,362, +40.3%) 45.28%
09/15/2009
35,183
(+6,451)
29,322
(+1,056)
4,383
(-254)
12,903
(+4,526)
9,722
(-850)
7,063
(-235)
54,366
(+5,347, +12.17%)
5,861 (+5,395, +1157.73%) 39.8%
09/08/2009
28,732
(+2,207)
28,266
(+1,632)
4,637
(-471)
8,377
(+650)
10,572
(+1,901)
7,298
(+1,355)
47,153
(+3,637, +9.02%)
466 (+575, +527.52%) 27.28%
09/01/2009
26,525
(+4,554)
26,634
(+2,609)
5,108
(-332)
7,727
(+767)
8,671
(-93)
5,943
(+753)
42,255
(+4,129, +11.41%)
-109 (+1,945, +94.69%) 25.95%
08/25/2009
21,971
(-2,003)
24,025
(-3,300)
5,440
(-1,176)
6,960
(+1,010)
8,764
(+350)
5,190
(-539)
37,995
(-2,829, -7.25%)
-2,054 (+1,297, +38.7%) 21.44%
08/18/2009
23,974
(+2,994)
27,325
(+1,367)
6,616
(-18)
5,950
(+826)
8,414
(-221)
5,729
(+562)
41,567
(+2,755, +7.6%)
-3,351 (+1,627, +32.68%) 18.43%
08/11/2009
20,980
(+2,756)
25,958
(+2,160)
6,634
(+544)
5,124
(+1,156)
8,635
(+297)
5,167
(+281)
40,955
(+3,597, +11.02%)
-4,978 (+596, +10.69%) 14.65%
08/04/2009
18,224
(+1,423)
23,798
(+1,745)
6,090
(+853)
3,968
(+528)
8,338
(+316)
4,886
(+319)
38,410
(+2,592, +8.62%)
-5,574 (-322, -6.13%) 13.27%
Price data: Stooq Live (vix) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays