$AKE Global account long/short ratio: 1.55 (60.9% long / 39.1% short).
At first, I thought a long-biased ratio meant there were more long positions than short positions across the market. It took me a while to understand: the total number of long and short positions across the market is always equal. The account long/short ratio only compares how many accounts hold long positions versus short positions, regardless of position size.
A long-biased ratio doesn’t mean the market is about to rise, just as a short-biased ratio doesn’t mean it’s about to fall. It reflects how positions are distributed, not the direction of the market.
Learning how to read indicators is easy. The hard part is still following the rules when the market gets extremely volatile.
The data is from public sources; be sure to verify it yourself.
At first, I thought a long-biased ratio meant there were more long positions than short positions across the market. It took me a while to understand: the total number of long and short positions across the market is always equal. The account long/short ratio only compares how many accounts hold long positions versus short positions, regardless of position size.
A long-biased ratio doesn’t mean the market is about to rise, just as a short-biased ratio doesn’t mean it’s about to fall. It reflects how positions are distributed, not the direction of the market.
Learning how to read indicators is easy. The hard part is still following the rules when the market gets extremely volatile.
The data is from public sources; be sure to verify it yourself.
