Record‑Long Bearish Streak in India’s Nifty Futures Signals Market Structure Risks
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The Nifty futures market has now logged 346 consecutive sessions where global funds hold net‑short positions, the longest bearish run on record. Understanding how order‑book dynamics and position‑sizing interact with such extreme sentiment is essential for quantitative traders seeking to navigate or profit from the unfolding trend. How Net‑Short Positions Accumulate When a large institutional trader decides to bet against an index, the trader typically sells futures contracts while simultaneously hedging exposure in the cash market. Each day the net‑short figure is updated by adding new short sales and subtracting any covering trades....
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