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The Common Short Squeeze in Markets
By Milan Ji • Published December 4, 2025
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S&P 500 and the Microstructure of Modern Short Squeezes The E-mini S&P 500 futures contract (ES) is the undisputed primary global price-discovery vehicle for U.S. large-cap equities. On active days it routinely trades $600-900 billion notional (occasionally exceeding $1 trillion), on effective intraday leverage of 15-25X, and consistently leads both the cash S&P 500 index […]