VIX futures COT positions and historical chart

Official market: VIX FUTURES · CFE · TFF Futures Only

Latest report: 28 July 2026 · Current weekly data

Current positioning summary

Leveraged Funds held a net-short VIX futures position of 12,289 contracts. The position flipped from net-long to net-short, a weekly change of -15,387 contracts. The position ranked in the 77th percentile of the latest 156 available reports.

Report date: 28 July 2026

Asset Manager/Institutional

Long: 48,684
Short: 79,998
Net: -31,314
Weekly change: +10,225
Net / open interest: -9.12%
52 reports: 21th percentile
156 reports: 13th percentile

Leveraged Funds

Long: 79,888
Short: 92,177
Net: -12,289
Weekly change: -15,387
Net / open interest: -3.58%
52 reports: 92th percentile
156 reports: 77th percentile

Historical net position

Actual report dates; missing weeks are not interpolated. A data table follows the chart.

Participant category

Accessible historical data

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CFTC positioning observations
Report date	Participant	Long	Short	Net	Weekly change	4-report change	52-report context
2026-07-28	Dealer/Intermediary	75,824	29,442	+46,382	+9,742	+9,233	33th percentile
2026-07-28	Asset Manager/Institutional	48,684	79,998	-31,314	+10,225	+1,344	21th percentile
2026-07-28	Leveraged Funds	79,888	92,177	-12,289	-15,387	-10,272	92th percentile
2026-07-28	Other Reportables	2,396	1,199	+1,197	+859	+1,451	88th percentile
2026-07-28	Non-Reportable	20,784	24,760	-3,976	-5,439	-1,756	10th percentile
2026-07-21	Dealer/Intermediary	80,571	43,931	+36,640	+2,305	-9,047	13th percentile
2026-07-21	Asset Manager/Institutional	45,770	87,309	-41,539	+1,790	-16,920	10th percentile
2026-07-21	Leveraged Funds	96,868	93,770	+3,098	-7,091	+21,961	96th percentile
2026-07-21	Other Reportables	2,200	1,862	+338	+209	+474	75th percentile
2026-07-21	Non-Reportable	25,653	24,190	+1,463	+2,787	+3,532	75th percentile
2026-07-14	Dealer/Intermediary	75,704	41,369	+34,335	-2,444	-9,497	6th percentile
2026-07-14	Asset Manager/Institutional	44,022	87,351	-43,329	-4,491	-13,022	6th percentile
2026-07-14	Leveraged Funds	100,776	90,587	+10,189	+5,077	+23,484	100th percentile
2026-07-14	Other Reportables	2,059	1,930	+129	-219	+841	69th percentile
2026-07-14	Non-Reportable	22,968	24,292	-1,324	+2,077	-1,806	35th percentile
2026-07-07	Dealer/Intermediary	75,152	38,373	+36,779	-370	-22,234	12th percentile
2026-07-07	Asset Manager/Institutional	42,096	80,934	-38,838	-6,180	-12,444	12th percentile
2026-07-07	Leveraged Funds	85,768	80,656	+5,112	+7,129	+40,402	100th percentile
2026-07-07	Other Reportables	1,815	1,467	+348	+602	-362	77th percentile
2026-07-07	Non-Reportable	28,114	31,515	-3,401	-1,181	-5,362	12th percentile
2026-06-30	Dealer/Intermediary	74,221	37,072	+37,149	-8,538	-12,188	12th percentile
2026-06-30	Asset Manager/Institutional	40,440	73,098	-32,658	-8,039	-20,142	13th percentile
2026-06-30	Leveraged Funds	73,565	75,582	-2,017	+16,846	+31,016	100th percentile
2026-06-30	Other Reportables	1,053	1,307	-254	-118	+813	65th percentile
2026-06-30	Non-Reportable	21,425	23,645	-2,220	-151	+501	19th percentile
2026-06-23	Dealer/Intermediary	81,181	35,494	+45,687	+1,855	-5,963	27th percentile
2026-06-23	Asset Manager/Institutional	45,448	70,067	-24,619	+5,688	-24,986	23th percentile
2026-06-23	Leveraged Funds	71,314	90,177	-18,863	-5,568	+30,473	96th percentile
2026-06-23	Other Reportables	2,413	2,549	-136	+576	-201	69th percentile
2026-06-23	Non-Reportable	19,828	21,897	-2,069	-2,551	+677	23th percentile
2026-06-16	Dealer/Intermediary	88,443	44,611	+43,832	-15,181	-6,965	21th percentile
2026-06-16	Asset Manager/Institutional	43,380	73,687	-30,307	-3,913	-28,420	13th percentile
2026-06-16	Leveraged Funds	86,619	99,914	-13,295	+21,995	+38,609	100th percentile
2026-06-16	Other Reportables	1,344	2,056	-712	-1,422	-1,188	60th percentile
2026-06-16	Non-Reportable	22,923	22,441	+482	-1,479	-2,036	52th percentile
2026-06-09	Dealer/Intermediary	98,659	39,646	+59,013	+9,676	+8,924	58th percentile
2026-06-09	Asset Manager/Institutional	57,458	83,852	-26,394	-13,878	-24,512	17th percentile
2026-06-09	Leveraged Funds	67,684	102,974	-35,290	-2,257	+12,289	75th percentile
2026-06-09	Other Reportables	2,580	1,870	+710	+1,777	+1,245	87th percentile
2026-06-09	Non-Reportable	26,591	24,630	+1,961	+4,682	+2,054	81th percentile

How to interpret VIX positioning

What the contract represents

VIX futures reference expected S&P 500 volatility over future settlement horizons rather than the spot VIX index itself.

Categories traders monitor

Dealer and Leveraged Fund positions can reflect hedging, volatility carry and spread structures with different motives.

Interpretation considerations

A net short VIX futures position is not automatically an unhedged bet on calm markets; term-structure trades are common.

Important limitations

COT cannot connect futures to options or adjacent maturities, so VIX positioning requires particular care.

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