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Morgan Stanley Says A Massive Short Squeeze Could Be Coming

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Mark Melin
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Markets are approaching extreme levels, observes a trade note from the Morgan Stanley futures desk, and it is hedge funds that have been selling this stock market in a big way and a  massive short squeeze could be approaching. The bank’s futures desk “Pain Trade Monitor,” meanwhile, points to relative value opportunities in derivatives and a potential short term bounce. The issue is: have stocks found at least a temporary bottom?

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.