Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of January 10, 2017. 10-year note: This is what makes a market. Two different bond luminaries looking at the same asset and coming up with two different analyses/conclusions. The issue in question is … Continued
Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the December 16-30 period in the Nasdaq and NYSE Group as well as nine S&P 500 sectors. There has been widespread decline in short interest. Nasdaq – short … Continued
Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the December 1-15 period in the Nasdaq and NYSE Group as well as nine S&P 500 sectors. Nasdaq – short interest ↓ 2% p/p; Nasdaq composite ↑ 2.5% … Continued
Back in the week ended July 5 this year, non-commercials enthusiastically held 315,963 net longs in gold futures. That was an all-time high. These traders had been aggressively building positions since the week ended December 1 last year, when net … Continued
Here is a brief review of change in short interest in the November 1-15 period in nine S&P 500 sectors (by time of publication, short interest for the Nasdaq and the NYSE Group has not yet been published). Of the … Continued
Here is a brief review of change in short interest in the October 17-31 period in the Nasdaq and NYSE Group as well as nine S&P 500 sectors. Nasdaq – short interest ↑ 1.4 percent p/p; Nasdaq composite ↓ 0.5 … Continued
Back on October 4, spot gold collapsed 3.3 percent. The one-day decline probably owed more to technicals than to fundamentals. From the December 3rd low of $1,045.4/ounce through the July 6th high of $1,377.5, the metal rallied nearly 32 percent. … Continued
Here is a brief review of change in short interest in the October 1-14 period in the Nasdaq and NYSE Group as well as nine S&P 500 sectors. Nasdaq – short interest ↓ 0.03 percent p/p; Nasdaq composite ↓ 1.8 … Continued
Here is a brief review of change in short interest in the September 15-30 period in the Nasdaq and NYSE Group as well as nine S&P 500 sectors. Nasdaq – short interest down 0.1 percent p/p; Nasdaq composite up 1.2 … Continued
Gold bugs were simply swamped with an avalanche of sell orders on Tuesday, with spot gold losing 3.3 percent. This was probably in the making. Ever since spot gold peaked at $1,377.5/ounce on July 6 this year, it had been … Continued