Retail traders often referred to as “dumb money” are clearly not betting on the downside for equities. Stock market short bets are getting crush. Multi-millionaire investor “NoLimit” is officially 95% out of the market. The big short strikes again.
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 …