Proshares/Barclays ETF shorts

[China Diapers]

I scan every day for bullish and bearish bars on US equities (wide spreads either up or down). Even though the S&P and US indices in general were up today, my scan showed up far more bearish widespread bars than bullish on the NYSE.

These included 8 Proshares Short ETF's and 3 Barclays Short ETF's. What do you reckon is happening here? Is this people hedging their long positions using ETF's?

 

[DashRiprock]

depends wat the etf were dunnit!

 

[China Diapers]

Proshares are all DOW30, Russell2000, real estate, MSCI and S&P. Barclays are B, C and D Leveraged, no idea what that is.

 

[DashRiprock]

well no

TBT = proshares ultrashort treasury
TLT = barclays 20yr+ treasury bond fund
JNK = barclays high yield bond

 

[China Diapers]

Ha ha, OK. SRS, TWM, SDS, DXD, SH, DOG, EFU, EFZ, BXDB, BXDC, BXDD.

 

[DashRiprock]

just post the tickers

 

[DashRiprock]

ok to be honest I would totally ignore it all.

 

[China Diapers]

Those are tickers...or I have I completely misunderstood the meaning of the term tickers the past few years?

 

[China Diapers]

Ah **** thought you were going to come up with something enlightening there.

Next time.

 

[DashRiprock]

well, yes and no.

 

[China Diapers]

OK, Ed Seykota's got competition I see.

I will not pursue my interest in widespread short ETF bars on up days as it seems it is meaningless. Thanks for the input.