Retail traders—often referred to as “dumb money”—are clearly not betting on the downside for equities.
They usually trade leveraged ETFs on both sides, and in the last 4 instances when the “short” allocation was this low, they were wrong 3 times, with the SPX subsequently… pic.twitter.com/ysBOtsr9HM
— Guilherme Tavares (@i3_invest) February 2, 2026
Short sellers are capitulating:
Short interest as a % of shares outstanding on the S&P 500 ETF, $SPY, is down to ~9%, near the lowest in 8 years.
At the same time, short interest in the Nasdaq 100 ETF, $QQQ, is down to ~6%, the lowest since at least 2018.
Short interest levels… pic.twitter.com/gT1TwmvdJr
— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) February 2, 2026
https://twitter.com/theUMreal/status/2018371907528147372
⚠️US corporate executives are SELLING their own stocks:
The ratio of insider sellers to buyers hit 4.8 in January, the 2nd-highest since the 2020 CRISIS.
This comes as ~1,000 executives at US-listed firms have DUMPED shares last month, while only 207 bought.
Corporate leaders… pic.twitter.com/Js5zdwO7J2
— Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) February 2, 2026
Here is where it gets interesting:
Since Kevin Warsh was nominated to lead the Fed we learn that he is dovish on rate cuts but hawkish on Quantitative Easing (QE). Which implies a curve steepener for 2026 which is good for cyclicals and bad for Tech/growth stocks. It also means… pic.twitter.com/eYAhx4Sn6T
— Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) February 2, 2026
Well that was the fastest market crash ever $SPY pic.twitter.com/BLGr3VyWwY
— Options King Of The Sea (@SeaKingOptions) February 2, 2026
PayPal shares CLOBBERED in premarket. wow!
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🚨 THE BIG SHORT STRIKES AGAIN
MICHAEL BURRY JUST ISSUED A MASSIVE WARNING ON BIG TECH AND ALMOST NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THE ACCOUNTING TRICK HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT
HERE IS THE INTELLIGENCE BREAKDOWN
🕵️♂️ THE PLAYERS
BURRY IS TARGETING THE BALANCE SHEETS OF MICROSOFT ORACLE META… pic.twitter.com/q6kjkNVUgw— Eronima (@eronimania) February 3, 2026