COT Report: VIX FUTURES - CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE
Futures Only Positions as of 2026-08-18
Below is the Commitments of Traders (COT) report for VIX FUTURES - CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE (COT legacy report, futures only) with COT charts. This COT report for VIX FUTURES is as of 2026-08-18. COT reports are released each Friday (except for U.S. holidays) by the CFTC. Each COT report release includes data from the previous Tuesday.
VIX FUTURES - CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE
FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS
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FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS
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AS OF: 2026-08-18
| Non-Commercial | Commercial | Total | Non-Reportable | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long | Short | Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short |
| ($1000 X INDEX) | Open Interest: 417,768 | |||||||
| 87,155 | 176,601 | 81,276 | 226,170 | 136,848 | 394,601 | 394,725 | 23,167 | 23,043 |
| Changes | (Change In Open Interest: +35,758 ) | |||||||
| +5,406 | +19,918 | -2,238 | +33,000 | +20,975 | +36,168 | +38,655 | -410 | -2,897 |
| Percent of Open Interest for Each Category of Traders | ||||||||
| 20.9% | 42.3% | 19.5% | 54.1% | 32.8% | 94.5% | 94.5% | 5.5% | 5.5% |
| Number of Traders in Each Category | (Total Traders: 200) | |||||||
| 58 | 76 | 84 | 55 | 43 | 170 | 153 | ||
