Sentiment Aggregator
Market Sentiment - Understanding the trend and making it your friend
Market sentiment is defined as the net amount of any group of market player's optimism or pessimism reflected in any asset or market price at a particular time, a kind of collective emotion. The goal of understanding sentiment is to discern when a trend has reached an extreme point and is prone to reverse its direction.
Among sentiment indicators there is the VIX, the CoT Report, Put-Call Ratios, the Ted Spread, Mutual Funds statistics, Margin Balances and Investor Polls- such as FXStreet's weekly FX Forecast Poll.
Sentiment related content
The Forex Forecast Poll
The Forex Forecast is a currency sentiment tool that highlights our selected experts' near and medium term mood and calculates trends according to Friday's 15:00 GMT price. The #FXpoll is not to be taken as signal or as final target, but as an exchange rates heat map of where sentiment and expectations are going.
The CoT Report
The COT provides up-to-date information about the trend and the strength of the commitment traders have towards that trend by detailing the positioning of speculative and commercial traders in the various futures markets. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) releases a new COT report each Friday.
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Educational Reports
Editors' picks
EUR/USD: War continues to steal the limelight, and not for good Premium
The EUR/USD pair bounced back in the last few days, settling for the week around 1.1530. The Iran war and central banks’ monetary policy announcements took centre stage, yet none was enough to impress speculative interest.
Gold: Major central banks’ hawkish tone weighs heavily Premium
Gold (XAU/USD) extended its slide into a third consecutive week and lost more than 6%, its worst weekly performance since March 2020, as major central banks adopted a hawkish tone because of the upside risks to inflation posed by rising energy prices.
GBP/USD: Pound Sterling tests 200-day SMA on the road to recovery Premium
The Pound Sterling (GBP) staged a late rebound from near three-month lows against the US Dollar (USD), testing the critical 1.3440 supply zone.
Bitcoin: The Fed kills the vibe
US Dollar: The Dollar stumbles, but the macro story hasn’t changed Premium
The US Dollar just reminded markets that trends are rarely linear.