So short term, swing traders and even position traders need to be watching the debate and the discussion on QE3.
This is the lowest net-long position for these traders since the disaggregated report started in September 2009.
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Longer-dated October contract call options are also popular on Visa this afternoon as traders position for fresh 52-week highs in the weeks ahead.
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Net long position of professional traders shrank dramatically over the last three months, down 43% to its smallest level since just after the collapse of Lehman Bros. in 2008. d.
In the legacy report, the silver net-long position for non-commercial traders was also reduced.
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The net-long position for managed-money traders in silver rose slightly as they added 759 gross longs and cut 503 shorts, boosting the net-long to 16, 488 contracts.
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The net-long position for managed-money traders in silver fell slightly as they cut 918 gross longs and added 135 gross shorts, slicing the net-long to 16, 242 contracts.
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Commercials are net-short, but the position was little changed as these traders cut a near equal number of gross shorts and gross longs.
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But, activity in Jan. 2012 contract call options this morning suggests some traders were ready to position for a rebound in the battered stock.
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Speculators added to their net-long gold position in the disaggregated commitment of traders report released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, but cut positions slightly in the legacy report.
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In the legacy report, non-commercial platinum traders lifted their net long position to 26, 056 contracts.
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In the legacy report, the non-commercial platinum traders lifted their net long position to 44, 179 contracts.
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In the legacy report for platinum, the non-commercial traders hiked their net long position to 15, 638 contracts as more gross longs were added than gross shorts.
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Futures traders now hold the largest short position they have had in a long time.
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For platinum, managed-money traders decreased their net-long position to 24, 578 contracts by cutting 1, 712 gross longs and adding 1, 903 gross shorts.
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Managed-money platinum traders increased their net-long position slightly, and are now net long 14, 751 contracts, having raised gross long positions and cut gross shorts.
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Traders looking to hedge a short position on the networking sector might consider a May 40 call to take advantage of HRS's momentum and bearish sentiment backdrop.
Managed-money traders reduced their net-long palladium position in the disaggregated report to 23, 973 contracts.
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The commercial traders subtracted from their net-short position in silver, having cut more gross shorts than gross longs.
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Non-commercial traders similarly cut their net-long position in the legacy report by subtracting 8, 989 gross longs and adding 453 gross shorts, which dropped their net-long position to 221, 852 contracts.
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These traders added to their net-long position by bumping up gross longs and cutting gross shorts, allowing the net-long position to rise for the first time since April 26.
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Non-commercial traders similarly lifted their net-long position in the legacy report by adding 6, 038 gross longs and cutting 3, 431 gross shorts, which lifted their net-long position to 223, 344 contracts.
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Margins are collateral that traders put up to hold a futures position, and they have to either ante up more or exit a position when they get margin calls as a market moves against them.
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"Tesco's success has made it immensely powerful - a position that it is clearly abusing by putting small traders out of business and killing off local high streets, bullying suppliers, and damaging the environment through its never ending demand for cheap food, " said Sandra Bell, the group's food and farming campaigner.
The traders with staying power are in the best position to capitalize on these fluctuations.
Commercial traders saw a rise in their net short position as they cut gross longs and added gross shorts.
Traders should think about putting on a half position here and then adding when ILMN breaks to all time highs.
Not much remains of the old stronghold, which was an inn for traders, but the views from this elevated position in the middle of the crater are spectacular.
Reckless traders take on way too much risk and the position in a stock, bond or ginned-up derivative du jour collapses.
The traders responsible for the prints mostly purchased the contracts to position for shares in the TBT to rise, and bonds to fall.
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