EUR/USD Traders Turn Net-Long: Implications for the Pair
By Daniel M.
August 1, 2024 • Fact checked by Dumb Little Man
Retail Trader Sentiment Shifts
EUR/USD: Current retail trader data indicates that 50.71% of traders are net-long, with a long-to-short ratio of 1.03 to 1. Notably, traders have been net-long since July 03, when EUR/USD was trading near 1.08. Since then, the price has dipped 0.02%. The number of traders net-long has increased by 7.80% from yesterday and 6.61% from last week, while those net-short have decreased by 15.54% from yesterday and 21.63% from last week.
Contrarian Perspective Suggests Potential Downtrend
Analysts often adopt a contrarian stance to crowd sentiment, meaning that the net-long position of traders indicates EUR/USD prices may continue to decline.
DailyFX and IG‘s data reveal that traders are net-long EUR/USD for the first time since July 03, 2024, when the pair traded near 1.08. The net-long position has grown compared to both yesterday and last week. This shift in sentiment, coupled with recent changes, reinforces a stronger EUR/USD-bearish contrarian trading bias.
Daniel M.
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