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Big Positions Still Holding… But Pressure Easing Underneath

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    Co-founder and lead technical analyst at The Markets Unplugged. Leads technical, macro, and cycle analysis, and builds the timing and macro frameworks behind TMU's premium research. Instructor on the Cycle Intelligence course.
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This week’s COT update shows the headline weight barely moved…
But dig into the flow? The shifts are there.

Dealers still net long - but trimmed hard on the long side.
Funds stayed deep short - and added to it.
Institutions shaved longs again - not a dump, but not adding either.

It’s not collapse… but it’s not an ignition point either.

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