Long And Short Of Short Interest

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Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the January 16-31 period in 10 S&P 500 sectors. XLB (SPDR materials ETF) Shorts continued to cut back in the second half of January, as XLB (52.78) kept … Continued

Bulls Use Up Buying Power In Defense Of 2600-2630 on S&P 500 – VIX Itching To Rally

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Bulls continue to defend 2600-2630 on the S&P 500.  Breach risks are rising.  VIX, which since October has stayed rather elevated, is itching to rally. After a three-month, 20-percent drop, the S&P 500 large cap index (2640) bottomed intraday on … Continued

Long And Short Of Short Interest

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Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the December 17-31 period in nine S&P 500 sectors. XLB (SPDR materials ETF) Shorts got aggressive during the reporting period.  XLB (52.48) dropped to 47.05 intraday on December … Continued

Long And Short Of Short Interest

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Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the December 3-14 period in nine S&P 500 sectors. XLB (SPDR materials ETF) XLB (49.46) dropped to 47.05 intraday Wednesday before reversing to end the session up 4.5 … Continued

Long And Short Of Short Interest

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Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the November 16-30 period in nine S&P 500 sectors. XLB (SPDR materials ETF) XLB (51.88) fell out of multi-month horizontal support at 55-56 during October’s selling.  Shorts are … Continued

Long And Short Of Short Interest

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Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the October 1-15 period in nine S&P 500 sectors. XLB (SPDR materials ETF) Three weeks ago, XLB (50.51) fell out of a slightly rising ascending channel.  The drop … Continued