The 'small speculators' are doing a remarkably good job of moving with the market in the dollar which is unusual.
The funds long positions and the Open Interest dropped precipitously as of the market close on Tuesday December 16. They do however remain net long, so we will have to see if the selling continues on.
Notice how neatly the dollar came down and tagged key support. We suspect strongly that unless there is significant official intervention, probably from Japan, that we will go back down and retest that low.
“Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. The sudden disaster that requires the end of checks and balances, the dissolution of opposition parties, the suspension of freedom of expression, the right to a fair trial, and so on, is the oldest trick in the Hitlerian book. Do not fall for it.”
Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny