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Price series: CBOE Volatility Index · positions as of Tuesday Nov 3, 2026, published Friday Nov 6, 2026

Last weekly close · CBOE Volatility Index
28.18
Asset managers net position (contracts)
-35,514

VIX is a volatility index, so a long position is a bet on falling equities. Read the signal in the opposite direction to the stock indices.

This week · published Nov 6, 2026

VIX, week of Nov 3, 2026: Leveraged funds sit at the 64th percentile of their 3-year range. They cut 5,145 net long contracts on the week. 8-week signal: bearish divergence.

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No signalSep 8, 2026 → Nov 3, 2026 · 8-week window

Neither price nor positioning has moved enough this window to say anything.

Price vs positioning (contracts)

Price on top, and what the big traders were holding underneath it.

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Left axis: net position in contracts. Right axis: price (CBOE Volatility Index). Net position = long contracts minus short contracts. Above the zero line = net long.

Signal classification tracks bullish divergencebearish divergenceconvergence (healthy trend)

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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders — positions as of Tuesday, published the following Friday. All position figures are futures contracts unless the % of open interest view is selected. Positioning is a sentiment tool, not a timing signal. Not investment advice.