IG Client Sentiment Report 2021-04-19 16:00

Summary Table

AUD/JPY

AUD/JPY: Retail trader data shows 37.80% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders short to long at 1.65 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and unchanged from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 13.98% lower from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-short suggests AUD/JPY prices may continue to rise.

The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed AUD/JPY trading bias.

AUD/USD

AUD/USD: Retail trader data shows 43.33% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders short to long at 1.31 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and 17.72% lower from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 8.33% higher from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-short suggests AUD/USD prices may continue to rise.

Positioning is less net-short than yesterday but more net-short from last week. The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed AUD/USD trading bias.

Oil - US Crude

Oil - US Crude: Retail trader data shows 57.74% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders long to short at 1.37 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and 3.82% lower from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 8.55% higher from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-long suggests Oil - US Crude prices may continue to fall.

The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed Oil - US Crude trading bias.

Germany 30

Germany 30: Retail trader data shows 19.39% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders short to long at 4.16 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and 29.57% lower from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 0.05% higher from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-short suggests Germany 30 prices may continue to rise.

Positioning is less net-short than yesterday but more net-short from last week. The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed Germany 30 trading bias.

EUR/CHF

EUR/CHF: Retail trader data shows 58.39% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders long to short at 1.40 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and 11.11% lower from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 21.38% lower from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-long suggests EUR/CHF prices may continue to fall.

Positioning is less net-long than yesterday but more net-long from last week. The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed EUR/CHF trading bias.

EUR/GBP

EUR/GBP: Retail trader data shows 50.20% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders long to short at 1.01 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and 9.82% lower from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 15.61% lower from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-long suggests EUR/GBP prices may continue to fall.

Positioning is less net-long than yesterday but more net-long from last week. The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed EUR/GBP trading bias.

EUR/JPY

EUR/JPY: Retail trader data shows 39.17% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders short to long at 1.55 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and unchanged from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 1.99% higher from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-short suggests EUR/JPY prices may continue to rise.

Positioning is less net-short than yesterday but more net-short from last week. The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed EUR/JPY trading bias.

EUR/USD

EUR/USD: Retail trader data shows 35.39% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders short to long at 1.83 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and 13.76% lower from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 4.49% higher from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-short suggests EUR/USD prices may continue to rise.

Positioning is less net-short than yesterday but more net-short from last week. The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed EUR/USD trading bias.

France 40

France 40: Retail trader data shows 24.13% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders short to long at 3.14 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and 12.13% lower from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 0.11% lower from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-short suggests France 40 prices may continue to rise.

Positioning is less net-short than yesterday but more net-short from last week. The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed France 40 trading bias.

FTSE 100

FTSE 100: Retail trader data shows 52.94% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders long to short at 1.12 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and 20.95% lower from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 13.96% higher from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-long suggests FTSE 100 prices may continue to fall.

The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed FTSE 100 trading bias.

GBP/JPY

GBP/JPY: Retail trader data shows 48.77% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders short to long at 1.05 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and 16.79% lower from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 5.60% lower from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-short suggests GBP/JPY prices may continue to rise.

Positioning is less net-short than yesterday but more net-short from last week. The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed GBP/JPY trading bias.

GBP/USD

GBP/USD: Retail trader data shows 54.04% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders long to short at 1.18 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and 22.27% lower from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 7.27% higher from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-long suggests GBP/USD prices may continue to fall.

The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed GBP/USD trading bias.

Gold

Gold: Retail trader data shows 81.53% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders long to short at 4.41 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and 1.98% lower from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 1.77% higher from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-long suggests Gold prices may continue to fall.

The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed Gold trading bias.

NZD/USD

NZD/USD: Retail trader data shows 35.58% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders short to long at 1.81 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and 25.91% lower from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 1.57% lower from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-short suggests NZD/USD prices may continue to rise.

Positioning is less net-short than yesterday but more net-short from last week. The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed NZD/USD trading bias.

Silver

Silver: Retail trader data shows 92.55% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders long to short at 12.42 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and 3.44% lower from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 3.61% higher from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-long suggests Silver prices may continue to fall.

The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed Silver trading bias.

US 500

US 500: Retail trader data shows 30.80% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders short to long at 2.25 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and 7.48% lower from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 3.99% higher from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-short suggests US 500 prices may continue to rise.

Positioning is less net-short than yesterday but more net-short from last week. The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed US 500 trading bias.

USD/CAD

USD/CAD: Retail trader data shows 66.46% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders long to short at 1.98 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and 0.36% higher from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 14.00% lower from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-long suggests USD/CAD prices may continue to fall.

Positioning is less net-long than yesterday but more net-long from last week. The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed USD/CAD trading bias.

USD/CHF

USD/CHF: Retail trader data shows 72.52% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders long to short at 2.64 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and 1.94% lower from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 1.29% lower from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-long suggests USD/CHF prices may continue to fall.

The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed USD/CHF trading bias.

USD/JPY

USD/JPY: Retail trader data shows 49.02% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders short to long at 1.04 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and 4.74% higher from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 8.84% lower from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-short suggests USD/JPY prices may continue to rise.

The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed USD/JPY trading bias.

Wall Street

Wall Street: Retail trader data shows 28.85% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders short to long at 2.47 to 1. The number of traders net-long is unchanged than yesterday and 5.02% higher from last week, while the number of traders net-short is unchanged than yesterday and 1.74% lower from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-short suggests Wall Street prices may continue to rise.

The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed Wall Street trading bias.