Retail forex trader data shows that the Australian Dollar likely set a substantial low, while the Japanese Yen might have topped. Here is a rundown of our top trade ideas.
View individual currency sections:
EURUSD – Euro Forecast to hit Fresh Peaks
GBPUSD – British Pound Poised to Break 200-Day Moving Average
USDJPY – This Might be the USDJPY Bottom – Why?
Gold – Gold Prices Could Bottom, but Better Trades Elsewhere
SPX500 – Crowd Sentiment Points to Further SPX Losses
AUDUSD – Australian Dollar Bottom in Place – Looking to Buy
Weekly Summary of Forex Trader Sentiment and Changes in Positioning
It’s extremely risky to try and time market tops and bottoms, but there’s too much evidence to ignore the possibility that the AUDUSD and USDJPY recently set substantial lows.
I wrote this last week and it remains true: “Our retail sentiment-based trading strategies can be very streaky—they spend a lot of time doing very well or very poorly and not much time in between.” Past performance is not indicative of future results, but highly-volatile forex markets leave us in favor of trading key AUDUSD and JPY reversals via our Momentum2/”Tidal Shift” strategy.
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— Written by David Rodriguez, Quantitative Strategist for DailyFX.com
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