This could be indicative of market participants becoming increasingly bearish on the outlook for stocks.

As you can see from the chart, non-commercial traders (hedge funds, speculators, etc.) have been net long E-Mini S&P 500 futures for quite some time. However, this past week we saw a sharp increase in net short positions.

 

h/t VM

 

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