CTA trend positioning is stretched across assets.

Oil Rips, BTC Sags And Metals Go Wild — Pick Your Signal

"We keep waiting, but the deadline is approaching."

Those China numbers are very very fishy... 

The petition references four alleged “co-conspirators” and 25 additional men who were never indicted despite, according to Maxwell, being similarly implicated in the crimes...

MSFT sinks on Azure growth miss; Trump reportedly mulling new large-scale strike on Iran; Iran reportedly warned ships of upcoming drill this weekend that would include live firing in the Strait of Hormuz; Initial claims little changed W/W, continued claims unexpectedly fall; Widening US trade deficit in Nov. points to slower Q4 GDP growth than exp.; Trump said Putin agreed not to fire on Kyiv for a week, given the cold; META rallies on strong revenue growth outlook; TSLA lower as Musk looks to pivot into physical AI; Weak US 7yr note auction; AMZN in talks to invest up to $50B in OpenAI; Trump said Fed Chair announcement next week

If Iran explodes, 90 million people wouldn’t stay only in the region & Turkey; they will definitely migrate to Europe.

Executives from manufacturers have ramped up criticism of top Trump administration health officials...

"Because of the extreme cold, I personally asked President Putin..."

The Wall Street giants joined a growing list of other companies and individuals matching seed-money deposits...

...here's the levels to watch for systematic selling.

The agency cited the firms’ failure to provide financial records as part of a crackdown on alleged fraud and abuse...

Never a good sign...

Overall this was a mediocre, tailing auction and while it could have been worse (foreign demand for example was still quite solid), it certainly could have been better. 

Abuses in the visa program "strip jobs and opportunities away from Texans", Paxton said...

Hartnett said it: “All Commodities Will Soon Look Like Gold” — oil included?

"...levered ETF rebalancing supply is est. to be in the top 20 largest days on record on QDS’s estimates."

It may integrate ChatGPT for content creation while using biometrics for proof-of-personhood. 

The key question is can Asset Managers absorb any Hedge Fund profit-taking...

Eight Republicans joined all Democrats in voting against it...