More Retail Traders Are Trying To Short The Pound

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GBP/USD Ratio: -2.30
Signal: Bullish










GBPUSD – Retail pound traders continue to fight the trend even though GBPUSD has broken a major trend and congestion pattern. This past week, the pound rallied through a prominent falling trendline that had held back advances since late November and then went on to rally beyond the 2.00 psychological hurdle. And, even though the pair has pulled back from its intraweek highs, the speculative positioning is still heavily skewed to the downside – pointing to further upside potential. The GBPUSD SSI stands at -2.30 with a considerable 70% of retailers short. This compares to the -1.75 reading from last week and -2.05 seen two Thursday’s go. In detail, longs have slipped 0.6% from yesterday but tumbled 20.1% since last week. Showing the group’s high confidence in a pull back from 2.00, shorts have risen 0.5% over the past 24 hours and 39% through the week. Just as with the euro, net positioning has changed little from last week, with open interest up only 3.3% on the week – though it is 8.5% above its monthly average.