Yen Strength May Continue As Traders Are Net-Long

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USDJPY: Retail trader data shows 74.5% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders long to short at 2.92 to 1. In fact, traders have remained net-long since Dec 29 when USDJPY traded near 112.39; price has moved 5.5% lower since then. The number of traders net-long is 3.0% higher than yesterday and 4.5% higher from last week, while the number of traders net-short is 3.3% lower than yesterday and 13.5% lower from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-long suggests USDJPY prices may continue to fall. Traders are further net-long than yesterday and last week, and the combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a stronger USDJPY-bearish contrarian trading bias.

— Written by Dylan Jusino, DailyFX Research