Net-Short bitcoin Traders Decrease by 32.6%
bitcoin: Retail trader data shows 84.1% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders long to short at 5.3 to 1. The number of traders net-long is 0.6% lower than yesterday and 6.8% higher from last week, while the number of traders net-short is 0.5% lower than yesterday and 32.6% lower from last week.
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bitcoin Displays No Clear Trading Signal
We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-long suggests prices may continue to fall. Positioning is less net-long than yesterday but more net-long from last week. The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed bitcoin trading bias.
— Written by Jack Schwarze, DailyFX Research
Published at Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0000