VIX futures (CFE)
VIX positioning
Price series: CBOE Volatility Index · positions as of Tuesday Nov 3, 2026, published Friday Nov 6, 2026
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.
Disagreement Index
contracts · index 0–100How far apart two trader groups are right now.
Gap = group A's net position minus group B's, measured in contracts. The Disagreement Index rescales that difference 0–100 against its own last 3 years: 0 = the two groups as close together as they get, 100 = as far apart as they get.
Disagreement sits in its normal historical range — nothing stretched.
Left axis: gap in contracts (positive = Leveraged funds is more net long than Asset managers). Right axis: disagreement index, 0–100. Gap tracks Leveraged funds − Asset managers.
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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.