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title: "CTAs Are Sellers In Every Scenario Next Week... And A Massive $185 Billion If Stocks Slide Next Month"
type: "News"
locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/294090830.md"
description: "CTAs are positioned as sellers across all scenarios next week, with potential selling pressure of $185 billion if stocks slide next month. Recent market action showed SPX futures rising initially but closing flat due to choppy price action driven by Tech/Semis weakness following China's new competition for ASML. While the equal-weighted S&P continued higher, the Nasdaq entered a correction."
datetime: "2026-07-28T16:02:01.000Z"
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# CTAs Are Sellers In Every Scenario Next Week... And A Massive $185 Billion If Stocks Slide Next Month

Yesterday, the market failed to hold its opening move higher: SPX futures rose as much as 1% and traded in a roughly 1.5% intraday range before closing just fractionally in the green, +1bp. As JPM's Market Intel team writes this morning, the choppy price action was driven by Tech/Semis, with SOXX fading from a 1% gain to as much as a 5% decline before closing -2.2%, after China unveiled new competition for ASML. The market-broadening theme continued, with the equal-weighed S&P continued to push higher even as the Nasdaq enters a correction this morning...

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