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IG Client Sentiment Report: GBP/USD, AUD/USD Reveal a Common Flaw
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IG Client Sentiment Report: GBP/USD, AUD/USD Reveal a Common Flaw
Aug 30, 2024 1:30 AM

AUD/USD Overview:

37.84% of traders are long, with a short-to-long ratio of 1.64:1Long positions: ↑ 1.20% from yesterday, ↓ 12.53% from last weekShort positions: ↑ 1.79% from yesterday, ↑ 15.53% from last week

Recommended by Richard Snow How to Trade AUD/USD Retail traders as a collective tend to be trend fighters, which is not optimal when markets are trending. The trend is your friend, as the saying goes, and this forms the basis of why it is often useful to adopt a contrarian approach to client sentiment positioning.

Retail trader data for AUD/USD shows a sizeable shift towards short positions over the past week. While long positions have decreased, short positions have increased notably. This change in sentiment, with traders becoming more net-short, suggests that AUD/USD prices may continue to rise based on contrarian analysis. The combination of current positioning and recent changes strengthens a bullish outlook for AUD/USD.

AUD/USD Daily Chart with Positioning Overlay

GBP/USD Overview:

24.91% of traders are long, with a short-to-long ratio of 3.01:1Long positions: ↓ 1.91% from yesterday, ↓ 5.04% from last weekShort positions: ↑ 2.84% from yesterday, ↑ 8.96% from last weekFor GBP/USD, retail trader data reveals an even more pronounced short bias. The number of traders going long has decreased both daily and weekly, while short positions have increased significantly. This growing net-short sentiment typically indicates that GBP/USD prices may continue to rise. The current positioning, combined with recent trend changes, reinforces a bullish contrarian trading bias for GBP/USD.

GBP/USD Daily Chart with Positioning Overlay

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