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Market Positioning
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Latest Market Positioning stories
- Non-Commercial Traders Increase Five-Year Treasury Net Shorts by 246,314
The reported increase was in net short positions in the snapshot dated Nov. 3.
· Investing
- Gold Futures Close Below $4,000 as Position Selling Totals $19.5 Billion
The “other” and nonreportable categories accounted for about 95% of five-week position reductions, which totaled $19.5 billion through Oct. 27.
· Investing
- S&P 500 Low-Volatility Factor Crowding Reaches 17.9th Percentile
The gauge rose from near zero in June but remained below earlier defensive peaks. JPMorgan tied the broader shift to market and political risks.
· Investing
- CTAs Cut Nasdaq-100 Futures Exposure by Nearly $3 Billion
The three-session selling run was the largest since March 2025. A CTA positioning Z-score also moved from +2.35 at August’s end to −0.80 a month later.
· Investing
- Long Semiconductor Positions Stay Crowded as Investor Conviction Cools
An October survey of 161 institutional managers controlling $453 billion found that long global semiconductor positions remained the market’s most crowded trade.
· Investing
- Bank of America Survey Shows Bank Overweight Positioning Fell 21 Points
Net overweight positioning in banks declined month over month in October, although holdings remained above the long-term average.
· Investing
- Bitcoin Futures Split as Leveraged Funds Add Shorts, Managers Add Longs
Leveraged funds were net short 7,953 contracts as of Sept. 22, while asset managers held a net long position of 3,171 contracts.
· Investing
- Crypto Futures Positioning Diverges as Ethereum Weakens and Altcoin Longs Build
CoinGlass data shows fragmented crypto futures positioning with weakening Ethereum longs and increasingly crowded altcoin leverage, raising near-term volatility risks.
· Insights & Views