Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA Futures Commitments of Traders Graph

Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA Commitments of Traders Chart

We have been looking at commercials all these while and how their trading positions affect prices or sometimes how prices affect their trading decisions.

It will be interesting to see how the non-commercials or specialists as some call them behave in relation to market prices.

Look at the bottom of the DJIA at around 11000. The non-commercials are flipping to being net short but their numbers turned bullish and the DJIA bounced from that level to start the current rally.

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