30.6% OF TRADERS ARE NET-LONG
US 500: Retail trader data shows 30.6% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders short to long at 2.27 to 1. In fact, traders have remained net-short since Jan 07 when US 500 traded near 2536.92; price has moved 3.7% higher since then. The number of traders net-long is 2.7% higher than yesterday and 9.3% lower from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 2.6% higher from last week.
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S&P 500 SUGGESTS A MIXED BIAS
We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-short suggests US 500 prices may continue to rise. Positioning is less net-short than yesterday but more net-short from last week. The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed US 500 trading bias.
--- Written by Nancy Pakbaz, CFA, DailyFX Research
