Daily crowding read · Friday 30 October 2026 US close · updates every market day
F Ford — daily crowding read
$12.25 -0.9%Ford — trucks, EVs, and vehicle financing.
crowded long
WHY Short-side flow near a monthly low while the stock climbs (+5.6% on the week) — buyers firmly in control of the tape.
Momentum from daily closes. Short interest is FINRA’s twice-monthly count of shares actually held short (a standing position), which is a different thing from the daily flow above — days to cover is that position divided by average daily volume.
FLOW VS PRICE — LAST TEN SESSIONS
▬ short-side flow share (left axis) ┄ price (right axis)
Five days of short-side flow share (and close). Red = heavier than this name’s own monthly norm, green = lighter.
HOW WE READ F
Every trading day, FINRA publishes how much of F’s volume traded on the short side. We rank today’s share against this name’s own trailing month (93 sessions of history): today sits at the 1th percentile. Flow is then read with price — heavy short flow into a falling price is pressure; the same flow into a rally is mostly market-maker machinery. Days with volume shocks (earnings, news) are flagged post-shock and never read as clean signals. The result is the state badge above — a description of the crowd, never a buy or sell call.
WHAT THE PRE-MARKET BRIEF ADDS FOR F
- Exact watch levels for F — the price and flow marks that would flip this read
- The historical base rate: what happened the day after setups like today’s, with sample size
- The full 50-name state grid with filters — see this name in market context
- Delivered before the US open, every trading day
Green = buyers/long side dominant, red = short side pressing; darker = more crowded. Single days are context — persistence is signal. Full reading guide →
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Positioning data describes what large traders held as of the report date, published with a lag. It is a crowding and context gauge, not a trade recommendation. Nothing here is investment advice. Source: CFTC (public domain). Daily flow data: FINRA Reg SHO (short volume is not short interest and is partly market-maker activity); prices: public market data.