Systematic Funds to Buy Stocks No Matter Which Way Market Swings

After a historic bout of tariff-driven volatility spurred trend-following systematic funds to sell, commodity trading advisers are once again surfacing as buyers of US stocks.

Commodity trading advisers or CTAs, which typically buy stocks as index prices rise and sell when they decline, are expected to buy US equities — no matter which direction the market moves over the next week and month — according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s trading desk.

“The systematic bid is real and growing,” Goldman traders derivatives sales trading team including Brian Garrett and Lee Coppersmith wrote, adding that buying will only amplify as ...