Skip to Content
News & Analysis at your fingertips.

We use a range of cookies to give you the best possible browsing experience. By continuing to use this website, you agree to our use of cookies.
You can learn more about our cookie policy here, or by following the link at the bottom of any page on our site. See our updated Privacy Policy here.

Free Trading Guides
Subscribe
Please try again
Select

Live Webinar Events

0

Economic Calendar Events

0

Notify me about

Live Webinar Events
Economic Calendar Events

H

High

M

Medium

L

Low
More View More
Sentiment Data Send Bearish Signal on USD/JPY as Uptrend Persists | Webinar

Sentiment Data Send Bearish Signal on USD/JPY as Uptrend Persists | Webinar

Market sentiment analysis:

  • Trader confidence has fallen since the Federal Reserve surprised markets last week by being unexpectedly hawkish.
  • That has boosted the US Dollar all round and, while it is now off its highs, it continues to look firm against the Japanese Yen.
  • There is a warning signal though from retail trader positioning data, which are sending out a contrarian bearish signal on USD/JPY.
Advertisement

Trader confidence battered

Traders continue to prefer safe havens to riskier assets in the wake of last week’s surprisingly hawkish comments by the Federal Reserve. That has boosted the US Dollar all round and, even though it has eased from the highs against many other currencies, it continues to trend higher against the Japanese Yen.

At DailyFX, though, we take a contrarian view of retail trader positioning and that means the near-term outlook for USD/JPY could be negative judging by the latest IG client sentiment data.

Source: DailyFX (You can click on the chart for a larger image

The retail trader data show 47.83% of traders are net-long, with the ratio of traders short to long at 1.09 to 1. The number of traders net-long is 10.33% higher than yesterday and 7.93% lower than last week, while the number of traders net-short is 3.23% higher than yesterday and 12.72% lower than last week.

Here at DailyFX, we typically take a contrarian view of crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-short suggests USD/JPY prices may continue to rise.Yet traders are less net-short than yesterday and compared with last week. Recent changes in sentiment warn that the current USD/JPY price trend may soon reverse lower despite the fact traders remain net-short.

Sentiment Indicators: Using IG Client Sentiment Data

In this webinar, I looked at the trends in the major currency, commodity and stock markets, at the forward-looking data on the economic calendar this week, at the IG Client Sentiment page on the DailyFX website, and at the IG Client Sentiment reports that accompany it.

Building Confidence in Trading
Building Confidence in Trading
Recommended by Martin Essex, MSTA
Building Confidence in Trading
Get My Guide

--- Written by Martin Essex, Analyst

Feel free to contact me on Twitter @MartinSEssex

DailyFX provides forex news and technical analysis on the trends that influence the global currency markets.

DISCLOSURES