Forex Traders Signal British Pound Rallies Against US Dollar

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Our forex trading positioning measure shows that the crowd continues to sell the British Pound against the US dollar—giving a contrarian signal to buy the GBPUSD. All the while, similarly pronounced buying in the USDJPY and USDCAD means that our contrarian indicator signals further US Dollar losses against the Japanese Yen and Canadian Dollar.



GBPUSD – British Pound Forecast to Gain Against US Dollar
EURUSD – Forex Trading Crowd Sells Indecisive, Further Volatility Likely
USDJPY – Japanese Yen Likely to Gain as Forex Crowds Buy USDJPY
USDCAD – Canadian Dollar Forecast to Rally Against US Dollar
USDCHF – Forex Traders Remain Bearish, Signal Rallies in the USDCHF

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The SSI sought a EURUSD rally since 1.26 and was signaling a reversal around 1.60. Find our more in the DailyFX Forex Forum


How to Interpret the SSI? The FXCM SSI is based on proprietary customer flow information and is designed to recognize price trend breaks and reversals in the four most popularly traded currency pairs. The absolute number of the ratio itself represents the amount by which longs exceed shorts or vice versa. For example if the EURUSD ratio is 2.55, long customer orders exceed short orders by a ratio of 2.55 to 1. Conceptually similar to contrarian analyses using the CFTC IMM open position data or COT Report, the SSI provides an alternative approach that is both more timely and accurate in forecasting currency price movement. The SSI is a contrarian indicator that tells you how the market is weighted and where the trend may head. More long positions don't necessary suggest more confidence in the direction of the current trend. In general, when traders start having adverse movements against their position, many tend to increase the size of their position with the purpose to average down their entry price in one last attempt to recover from previous losses. However, the higher the number of short orders in a bull market the more dangerous is to take additional shorts because many of those traders who just entered the markets are also leaving their protective stop losses just above the current price action.




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