While the next Commitment
of Traders positioning report will be released tomorrow, the current data we have available shows that hedge funds and other speculators are extremely optimistic on precious metals, and in particular Silver.
Not exact matches
Shortly after Dimon spoke, lawyers for JPMorgan filed papers in Manhattan federal court seeking to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the bank
of deceiving shareholders about Bruno Iksil — the JPMorgan
trader nicknamed the London Whale for the size
of his
positions — and the loss that ultimately topped $ 6.2 billion.
In short, anything that smells
of risk
of any sort is being shunned, with much
of the only support coming from
traders desperately trying to keep prices away from levels where big options
positions will be triggered.
«When the price
of bitcoin drops, there is a pattern
of traders that move to take different
positions, either in another cryptocurrency or in fiat,» he told CNBC.
While some
traders might have guarded their
positions using contracts on the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX), which trades inversely to the S&P 500 roughly 80 %
of the time, others have elected to short exchange - traded funds with broad market exposure.
Once
traders begin to question the direction we may see many
of them simply abandon their
positions.»
«High frequency
traders were first, but the new and more threatening class
of entrant deploys capital and takes
positions to support market making,» the two firms said in a joint report.
On the euro side
of the equation, nothing has really changed for now and once the short covering gets out
of the way,
traders will be looking to reassess their
position on the pair.»
Now that President Donald Trump has officially announced roughly $ 50 billion
of annual tariffs on Chinese exports,
traders everywhere are scrambling to assess the market impact and
position accordingly.
When the bet spun out
of control, the government said, the
traders deliberately «inflated the value»
of their
positions to mask their losses.
Treasury yields rise on Tuesday as
traders position themselves ahead
of the conclusion
of a two - day Federal Reserve meeting commencing Tuesday, that is expected to reveal an upbeat outlook for the economy and culminate in the sixth interest - rate increase since December 2015.
By bunching large buy orders in the last few minutes
of trade, it also leaves
traders who had shorted stocks earlier with no choice but to buy them back and cover their
positions.
Research shows that
traders were 1.5 to 2 times more likely to sell a winning
position too early and a losing
position too late, all to avoid the regret
of losing gains or losing the original cost basis.
Our team
of professional
traders carefully analyzes each
position using technical analysis and risk management techniques.
At such times,
traders and investors who focus on doomsday headlines from mainstream financial media sites are more than likely to be shaken out
of their long
positions... especially those who lack conviction in their trading system.
The CFTC's Commitment
of Traders Report as
of 4/24 showed the large funds cutting 11.5 k longs and adding 14.9 k shorts to slash the net fund long
position to 136k contracts.
Commercial
traders are building a larger long
position as speculators press the short side
of the market at its lows.
On the other hand, a
position trader who rides the profit in uptrending stocks for many months can trade in much thinner stocks because they can scale out
of positions over the course
of several days or weeks.
Although CBOE instituted
position limits, it seems like the market doesn't have nearly enough liquidity to guard against the market - moving impact
of even a mid-size
trader.
By 10:43:56 AM, the «clean»
trader ID had sold 5,427 shares, realizing a profit
of four cents per share on the previously established 1,807 - share long
position and establishing a short
position of 3,620 shares at $ 75.29.
The coin is still the weakest
of the majors, and although the long - term picture remains encouraging, short - term
traders should still wait with new
positions until a new trend is established.
If you're like most stock
traders, you have a personal preference towards trading in a particular time frame, such as daytrading, swing trading, or
position trading (click here for a clear comparison
of these styles).
In bull markets, when a market makes a new high consistently, every day a large heard
of bearish
traders are getting stopped out
of short
positions and liquidating, which fuels yet more buying.
The information provided in these charts allows the
trader to understand the movements
of the open
positions as well as the final outcome
of any
of the traded assets on the platform.
Trend and momentum swing
traders (like me) surely gave back a chunk
of unrealized gains on their winning
positions (and stopped out
of a -LSB-...]
This,
of course, puts
traders in a very tough
position of having to have a high winning percentage
of their trades to succeed long - term.
Oil fund managers are not betting on $ 20 a barrel oil this week because they increased their net - long
position by 16,855 contracts to 132,857 futures and options in the week ending Sept. 8, according to the CFTC commitment
of traders report.
Indeed, what they describe is exactly how a large
trader could and would «bang the auction» to influence the settlement price
of VIX derivatives, in order to profit on
positions in those derivatives.
The CFTC's Commitment
of Traders Report as
of 4/17 showed the large funds adding 2.8 k contracts, and cutting 4.8 k contracts
of shorts to increase their long
position to 163k contracts.
In author and seasoned commodity
trader Carley Garner's quest to guide
traders through the process
of commodity market analysis, strategy development, and risk management, «Higher Probability Commodity Trading» discusses several alternative market concepts and unconventional views such as option selling tactics, hedging futures
positions with options, and combining the practice
of fundamental, technical, seasonal, and sentiment analysis to gauge market price changes.
Traders will gravitate toward stocks with different combinations
of these characteristics based on their available capital, typical
position size, risk tolerance and strategy.
If
traders holding long
positions had protected themselves with options instead
of stops, they could have slept well, and woke up much richer.
Many futures
traders prefer to be long - only
traders, which means that they may not entertain the idea
of taking a short
position.
The «Option Repair» strategy is used by equity
traders who are facing a loss and want to reduce their break - even price so they can get out
of the trade; furthermore, these option
positions can typically be attained at little or no cost.
COTs Timer is a financial blog focused on interpreting the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's («CFTC») weekly Commitments
of Traders («COT») report, which provides trillions
of dollars in
positions in more than 200 markets, including gold, crude oil, natural gas, silver, forex, and equity indices.
The domestic currency on Wednesday ended steady at 66.66 as currency
traders avoided taking any
positions ahead
of the much - awaited FOMC policy decision and US jobs report.
We reviewed the charts
of MRK in early March noting that, «Aggressive
traders could approach MRK from the long side buying a starter
position at current levels and then adding on strength above $ 57.
Instead, before buying or selling anything,
traders should have a firm understanding
of when they plan to enter and exit a
position, and this must be based on measurable, objective criteria.
The coin is in a weak short - term advance, and
traders should wait for the signs
of relative strength and a break above primary resistance before entering new
positions.
For these reasons, most active
traders implement some type
of indicator or oscillator analysis before any binary options
positions are established.
Through the power
of risk to reward scenarios and
position sizing, professional
traders know how to effectively manage their risk on each trade and as a side - effect
of this knowledge they also manage their emotions.
I agree with the author in the perspective
of a
trader and not a HODLR, best to sit this one out and see how the market reacts before entering into any new
positions.
Give yourself the best shot at becoming a consistently profitable forex
trader by combining a great method like price action with the power
of position sizing and risk to reward scenarios.
Prior to founding T2 Asset Management, Dan held various
positions at some
of the largest investment firms in the country as a
trader, portfolio manager, and strategist.
Besides, unless you are a professional
trader, who has the time to monitor their
positions every minute
of the trading day?
Sixty - second options are suitable for
traders who are in a
position to accept the fact that if you need to gain a lot
of money, you have to be ready to lose a lot once in a while.
It's not unusual to see drops in gold prices towards the end
of the year as
traders unwind
positions to get their financial statements in order to make end
of the year reports.
Where most
traders mess up in
position sizing is in fitting their stop loss to their desired
position size instead
of fitting their
position size to their desired stop loss.
Traders on this platform are able to choose from an array
of expiry periods, assets and investment amounts on any
position that they open on the platform.
This was such an unusual and unexpected development that we felt we had to mention it in these pages (note: as
of last week the speculative
position has returned to net long 6,186 contracts, which is still very subdued exposure for this group
of traders).