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.
Signal log — Asset managers
Every past signal in this market, and what price did afterwards.
Every rolling 8-week window classified as a bullish or bearish divergence, or as convergence where price and positioning agree. Price change is in percent; net change is in contracts.
Each row covers one stretch of weekly reports: the % is the price change over that stretch, the net figure is the change in the group's net position, in contracts.
- Bearish divergenceAug 4, 2026 → Oct 27, 2026price +30.3% · net position -10,724 contracts
- Convergence — healthy downtrendJul 21, 2026 → Sep 22, 2026price -20.0% · net position -13,841 contracts
- Bullish divergenceJun 30, 2026 → Sep 8, 2026price -1.9% · net position -4,755 contracts
- Convergence — healthy downtrendJun 2, 2026 → Aug 4, 2026price -30.7% · net position -21,184 contracts
- Bearish divergenceMay 19, 2026 → Jul 21, 2026price +11.3% · net position -39,652 contracts
- Convergence — healthy downtrendMay 5, 2026 → Jul 7, 2026price -12.6% · net position -28,789 contracts
- Bearish divergenceApr 28, 2026 → Jun 23, 2026price +8.4% · net position -18,840 contracts
- Convergence — healthy downtrendApr 21, 2026 → Jun 16, 2026price -12.3% · net position -29,109 contracts
- Bearish divergenceApr 7, 2026 → Jun 2, 2026price +11.9% · net position -28,086 contracts
- Convergence — healthy downtrendMar 10, 2026 → May 26, 2026price -43.7% · net position -9,794 contracts
- Bullish divergenceFeb 10, 2026 → Apr 28, 2026price -17.5% · net position +23,844 contracts
- Convergence — healthy uptrendDec 30, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026price +64.5% · net position +47,977 contracts
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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.