00 GMT when GBP/USD traded close to 1.36.

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00 GMT when GBP/USD traded close to 1.36.

Variety of merchants net-short has decreased by 23.13% from final week. SYMBOL


GBP/USD Client Positioning

Variety of merchants net-short has decreased by 23.13% from final week.

SYMBOL

TRADING BIAS

NET-LONG%

NET-SHORT%

CHANGE IN LONGS

CHANGE IN SHORTS

CHANGE IN OI

GBP/USD

BEARISH

50.89%

49.11%

5.03%
Each day

23.58%
Weekly

-4.73%
Each day

-23.13%
Weekly

0.00%
Each day

-4.82%
Weekly

GBP/USD: Retail dealer knowledge reveals 50.89% of merchants are net-long with the ratio of merchants lengthy to quick at 1.04 to 1. Actually, merchants have remained net-long since Dec 30 when GBP/USD traded close to 1.36, value has moved 0.54% decrease since then. The variety of merchants net-long is 5.03% greater than yesterday and 23.58% greater from final week, whereas the variety of merchants net-short is 4.73% decrease than yesterday and 23.13% decrease from final week.

We sometimes take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the actual fact merchants are net-long suggests GBP/USD costs might proceed to fall.

Our knowledge reveals merchants are actually net-long GBP/USD for the primary time since Dec 30, 2020 09:00 GMT when GBP/USD traded close to 1.36. Merchants are additional net-long than yesterday and final week, and the mix of present sentiment and up to date adjustments provides us a stronger GBP/USD-bearish contrarian buying and selling bias.



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