From Hard Assets Investor:

That gold should take a pause to catch its breath after its breakaway move above $1,000 shouldn't surprise anyone. But the recent hand-over-fist buying by investors has got some traders concerned about further weakening.

The latest data from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed the net long position held by reporting speculators stood at a record-high 255,183 lots. Proportionally, 93.6% of open contract positions held by these traders were purchases.

Among speculators, money managers have turned almost universally bullish. Fully 99.6% of the contracts held by buy-and-roll index funds, together with trend-following managed accounts and institutional funds, are on the long side.

[L]ots of professional traders take the current lopsided investment fund exposure as a symptom of toppiness. The question in their minds is, "Who's left to sell to when the funds' buying interest is exhausted?"

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