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Positioning: price against open interest

Price change against open-interest change: whether a move is new positions opening or old ones closing.

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Positioning, 200 assets · last 24h: 92 long unwinding, 39 short build-up, 11 long build-up, 8 short covering.

↑ open interest 24h · → price 24hprice 24hupdown

Price change against open-interest change over 24h. Dot area is 24h volume.

How to read it

Right of centre the price rose over the range; above centre open interest grew. Dot area is 24-hour volume.

Top right is long buildup: price up on new positions. Top left is short buildup: price down on new positions. Bottom right is short covering: price up while positions close. Bottom left is long unwinding: price down while positions close.

A move on rising open interest has new money behind it. A move on falling open interest is positions leaving, and tends to run out when they are gone.

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