Trends on the American stock exchange.

It is the trend that is the driving force of any trend, in other words, it is the mood that reigns among the players opening positions.
Over the past couple of months, the American securities market has presented a lot of surprises to its participants; trading has ceased to be languid, but has turned into a dynamic race.

The main tone for trading here is set by the largest participants - banks and hedge funds, whose capital amounts to tens of billions of dollars.

By observing the behavior of market makers, you can understand where the market will move in the near future, that is, identify the main trend.

The name itself - Hedge fund - implies the use of hedging tactics, that is, the funds try to open approximately the same number of long and short positions.   But, despite this, over the past week, most market participants began to actively reduce short positions in favor of long ones.

Since November, the capitalization of the US stock market has increased by $1.7 trillion, with all indicators suggesting further increases in the value of shares of most of the leading companies.