Our sentiment-based strategies have had a great week trading the Japanese Yen meltdown, and retail forex crowd extremes offer a number of attractive trades in Yen and US Dollar pairs.
View individual currency sections:
EURUSD – We’re Buying Euro as Crowds Go in Opposite Direction
GBPUSD – British Pound’s Break Higher Shows Promise, We Like Buying
EURJPY – Japanese Yen Meltdown Produces Banner Week for Trading Strategies
XAUUSD – Gold Prices are Tanking – Not a Time to Catch Falling Knives
SPX500 – Selling SPX500 Akin to Jumping in Front of Freight Train
AUDUSD – Australian Dollar Finally Cooperates – Longs Look Good Here
Weekly Summary of Forex Trader Sentiment and Changes in Positioning
It’s been an impressive week of trading for our purely sentiment-based Momentum2 and volatility-friendly Breakout2 trading strategies, as extreme Japanese Yen moves following the Bank of Japan interest rate decision left them plainly positioned for further losses.
Past performance is absolutely not indicative of future results, but the fact that trading crowds have continued buying into Japanese Yen and US Dollar weakness suggest this move is far from over. Indeed, Euro and British Pound short positions against the USD surged an almost-unbelievable 82 and 158 percent since last week. We would be very careful about joining the crowd at these levels—in fact we like doing the opposite.
Elevated volatility expectations in JPY pairs makes the Breakout2 strategy particularly attractive on the EURJPY, while outperformance in our streak-prone Momentum2 suggests its USD and JPY-shorts may continue to do well in the days ahead.
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— Written by David Rodriguez, Quantitative Strategist for DailyFX.com
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