What Goldman, JPM Trading Desks Are Seeing: “Hedge Funds Still Shorting”, “Mutual Funds Frozen” But “No Signs Of Panic”

For all the gloom, fear and loathing around trading desks and watercoolers over the past two weeks which saw a record amount of CTA liquidations in just the past five days…

… which has sent the Fear and Greed index to the lowest level in a year…