Bitcoin Net-Long to Net-Short Exposure Nears 5:1 Respectively
Bitcoin: Retail trader data shows 82.6% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders long to short at 4.76 to 1. The number of traders net-long is 0.7% higher than yesterday and 2.9% lower from last week, while the number of traders net-short is 2.7% lower than yesterday and 0.5% lower from last week.
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Bitcoin Trades With a Mixed Bias
We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-long suggests Bitcoin prices may continue to fall. Positioning is more net-long than yesterday but less net-long from last week. The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed Bitcoin trading bias.
--- Written by Jack Schwarze, DailyFX Research
