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On November 5th, the net leverage ratio of US long-short hedge funds fell by 5% in a single day, marking the fifth largest single-day decline since 2010. Since June, the total exposure reduction from active trading by long-short funds is equivalent to 10.7% of the total market value of their holdings at the end of June, the largest decrease in at least 10 years. Hedge funds are currently underweight AI stocks relative to market capitalization, but AI stocks still account for 32% of their absolute exposure. On that day, leveraged ETF selling reached its highest level since data became available in 2007, resulting in a $57 billion supply of US stocks sold. Within the first 90 minutes of trading, retail investor selling of US stocks was the second largest since 2016. Stock trading correlations are beginning to rise.