CFTC asset-manager net positioning (long − short) for S&P 500 (ES), Nasdaq (NQ) and Russell 2000 (RTY) futures, as z-scores.
How to read |z| > 2 is contrarian — crowded positioning tends to reverse.
Descriptive: report net positioning vs history; positioning extremes are a crowding signal, not a timing trigger.
Equity returns standardized as a z-score (SPY anchor + the two biggest non-S&P movers by |z|).
How to read |z| highlights how stretched current performance is versus its own history.
ETF trading-interest expressed as a z-score, one line per ETF across the cross-asset universe.
How to read |z| > 2 flags unusually heavy trading interest versus the trailing norm.
Descriptive: a $-volume PROXY for flow, NOT signed directional fund flow — it captures interest concentration, not buy/sell direction.
The AAII weekly investor sentiment survey — % bullish, % bearish, and the bull-bear spread.
How to read Contrarian at extremes; a spread above +30 or below −30 is historically stretched.
Real equity fund/ETF flow-of-funds — weekly net flows.
How to read Each bar is one week's net dollars into (above zero) or out of (below zero) equity funds and ETFs — actual money moving, not price. A single bar is noise; the signal is the run — a stack of bars above zero is sustained demand underpinning the tape, a stack below is de-risking and redemptions. Watch for flows diverging from price: persistent outflows into a rising market is a thinly-supported advance.
Weekly, estimated.