For The First Time Ever, IB Clients Are Net Short The Market

2021 will be an immensely interesting year. Is this time different with central banks reluctant to raise rates for years ahead?

Myself looking for a small correction (like max 15-20%) this year and then further up, but given the current froth I wouldn't be entirely surprised if something unexpected breaks, and we get the 2000 style year everyone has been waiting for, but no longer dares to predict.
 
It'll be interesting to see which sectors lead the way up or down.... they're very divergent eg ev solar metals tech and markets dow vs russell sp nas etc .

Would be great to see big overlay chart so we can see at a glance the trendlines
 
there are many index futures that broke the record high recently.
They are
Japan Nikkei
Taiwan Index
China A50
India Nifty
US ES NQ rty index futures
Germany dax
etc etc


when such a thing happens,
some swing traders

- would buy more stocks
(Not a wise idea as the entry is far too late)

- would short the market in anticipation,
ie entry based on prediction
(Not a wise idea as there is no signal / confirmation)

soon the market will collapse.
But we don't know when.
 
It sounds like he's saying his clients are long stock, but short OTM calls such that they are short more options than their long stock equivalent. But if I'm long 100 shares of XYZ at 60 and short two of the Jan 65 calls, that's not really what I consider net short. Net short to me would mean that the overall delta of all client portfolio positioning is negative. I highly doubt that is the case.
 
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