Nasdaq futures open interest jumps $10.6bn as earnings risk builds
@GoldmanSachs identifies a $9.5bn purchase in Nasdaq non-dealer net positioning, a new high.
With non-dealer positioning elevated in the CFTC data for Oct 20, @GoldmanSachs sees significant futures selling risk if Amazon/Microsoft/Alphabet results disappoint.
Funding adds another concern. @GoldmanSachs points to volatile Nasdaq funding costs above those of the S&P, with sector-specific liquidity risk for tech-heavy portfolios.
LLM token costs fell to ~50% of their May peak, according to @Nordea.
Nordea cites a Stanford study that found smaller models match or outrun larger ones on mainstream tasks. Smaller language models use 3% of the energy of large models, while 49% of business leaders are scaling back AI.
The longer-term risk is a mismatch between demand and capacity.
Nordea warns that a shift toward local AI and smaller models could leave data centres with overcapacity against 5-year project timelines.
Once again, Wall Street is long the left tail of compute, not long the right tail like technologists are.
AI is rebounding. Breadth isn't keeping up. @GoldmanSachs' US equities desk put NDX at +1.40%, reclaiming its 100DMA, in its 27 Oct 2026 midday update. SPX ex AI was down 50bps, with 286 names down.
@GoldmanSachs said "AI financing concern" eased after $META and $AVGO funding success. The rebound from oversold conditions was strongest in the AI complex: neoclouds +585bps, optical +5% and inference chips +466bps.
Momentum was +272bps and +8% in 3 sessions after a ~20% drawdown. @GoldmanSachs described flows as stable, with hedge funds favoring tech/financials over consumer/macro. That's a tactical recovery. The desk flagged weaker breadth as a potential source of risk-off pressure.