USDJPY & US NonFarm Payroll & RPM — Measures the change in number of employed people during the previous month, excluding the farming industry. Forecast: 185 UsdJpy should react in the most predictable manner. Unemployment rate ...

USD/JPY Discussion

Forecast: 185UsdJpy should react in the most predictable manner.Unemploy — Measures the change in number of employed people during the previous month, excluding the farming industry. Forecast: 185 UsdJpy should react in the most predictable ...

Retail Positioning - The Ultimate Contrarian Indicator

SSI and RPM are both sentiment gauges. Their sources of data and update frequency are very different, however they can be traded in the same way. RPM buyer/seller ratio comes from various large source and fed through an algorithm I've developed. ...

Retail Positioning - The Ultimate Contrarian Indicator

US ISM Manufacturing PMI fcst 57 — The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing Index measures the activity level of purchasing managers in the manufacturing sector, with a reading above 50 indicating expansion. A rising trend has a ...

Retail Positioning - The Ultimate Contrarian Indicator

Thanks for the feedback. Volume is a great idea. I was actually thinking about writing software to get and display futures volume on MT charts.

Retail Positioning - The Ultimate Contrarian Indicator

AU Retail Sales tonight 8:30pm est — Retail Sales measures the value of sales at the retail level. A rising trend has a positive effect on the nation's currency because Retail Sales make up a large portion of consumer spending, which is a ...

AUD/USD

AU Retail Sales tonight at 8:30pm EST and Retail Positioning — AU Retail Sales measures the value of sales at the retail level. A rising trend has a positive effect on the nation's currency because Retail Sales make up a large portion of ...

Retail Positioning - The Ultimate Contrarian Indicator

RPM Update — USDCHF: 2:1 2 buyers for every 1 seller, this has declined from an earlier reading today of 2.26. I am watching the UsdChf carefully for this ratio to increase as price moves to new lows. EURUSD: 1:1 This ratio is flat. There are ...

Retail Positioning - The Ultimate Contrarian Indicator

USD Looks Weak short-term — Bigger Picture Wave Count on USDX : 4th wave correction to 38.2% retracement image WSJ publishes article stating how weak the Euro is. image Traders are beginning to bottom pick, adding to losing positions. ...

Retail Positioning - The Ultimate Contrarian Indicator

Just wanted to show how similar our GU trade was this week, good stuff.... url Similar wave counts, just added buy/sell ratios to the trade confirmation

Weekly COT report Analysis + Trade Ideas

nice thread — I like how your keeping track of trades right up front, good stuff. While you're waiting on the fresh COT release, I'd be happy to post some information about the buy/sell ratios (positioning) of traders. I think you'll find that ...

Weekly COT report Analysis + Trade Ideas

WSJ: Euro Sinks to 10-Month Low Against Dollar — Euro Sinks to 10-Month Low Against Dollar Nicholas Hastings. Wall Street Journal (Online). New York, N.Y.: Mar 24, 2010. These types of very negative headlines are a good indication that a ...

Retail Positioning - The Ultimate Contrarian Indicator

Current Buyers/Sellers ratios — +1.78 means 1.78 buyers for every seller -1.78 means 1.78 sellers for every buyer USDCHF: 1.97 slowly increasing all week EURUSD: 1.36, peaked for wk on Tuesday as bottom pickers bought into the price drop ...

Retail Positioning - The Ultimate Contrarian Indicator

week delay on COT acceptable? — 1. There is no reason this information should not be released daily if not hourly. We live in a completely differet world then when this index was 1st created. COT is too slow - one week delay. If your serious ...

Weekly COT report Analysis + Trade Ideas

AUD Sentiment — AUD Sentiment has dropped from a healthy to 1.3 to 1:1, stating that retailers are completely on the fence about the position of the AUD. I'll be watching the EurUsd for a retracement to 38.2 to decide any other trades.

AUD/USD

Retailers Jumping into UsdJpy longs — Sentiment is up from 1.1 to 1.4. Seems a little late to be jumping on the bandwagon. If this rate continues up, Ill be watching for reversals and stop hunting.

USD/JPY Discussion

Extreme wording in WSJ article written about Euro — Euro Sinks to 10-Month Low Against Dollar Nicholas Hastings. Wall Street Journal (Online). New York, N.Y.: Mar 24, 2010 Sign for possible reversal for Euro.

EURUSD

UK Retail Sales out in 15m — Expected -1.8 + deviation good for gbpusd - bad for gbpusd Also in a possible w4, for top and Sentiment +, so sell would be stronger trade

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

UK Retail Sales setup-sentiment & wave count influence on reaction — In about 7 hrs UK Retail sales is being released. The 1 hr count shows a W4:W3 in formation. If the prices retraces to 38-50% of W3 1.4953 to 1.4970 ish, and UK Retail ...

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