Retail FX trading crowds are now their most aggressively long the British Pound against the US Dollar (ticker: USDOLLAR) since the GBPUSD broke to fresh lows in June, and such one-sided sentiment gives us contrarian signal that the pair may continue lower.
Our retail trader-based data shows that there are currently 2.1 open orders long for every one short, and the level of long interest has grown by a significant 20 percent since last week. We use the SSI as a contrarian indicator to price action, and indeed current readings support calls for further GBPUSD weakness.
Our GBPUSD technical forecast calls for a challenge of June lows near 1.5280 as the pair fails at key support.
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--- Written by David Rodriguez, Quantitative Strategist for DailyFX.com
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