Forex Buy/Sell Ratio - A Market Sentiment Tool
The buy and sell ratio below shows the strength of buy and sell in forex pairs based on trading positions opened at several international brokers. The Buy and Sell ratio is usually used by forex traders in sentiment analysis to measure how much a forex pair tends to strengthen or weaken. The green color indicates buyers' percentage while the red color substitutes for sellers' percentage. A dominating green color typically indicates a bullish condition where the price tends to strengthen and vice versa.
| Pair | Buy/Sell Ratio |
| NZDUSD |
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| AUDUSD |
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| USDCAD |
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| USDCHF |
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| USDJPY |
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| GBPUSD |
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| EURUSD |
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| NZDJPY |
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| XAUUSD |
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| USDCZK |
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| USDHUF |
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| USDMXN |
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| USDNOK |
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| USDPLN |
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| USDSEK |
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| USDSGD |
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| USDTHB |
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| USDTRY |
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| USDZAR |
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| CHFJPY |
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| AUDCHF |
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| GBPNZD |
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| NZDCHF |
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| XAGUSD |
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| EURCZK |
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| GBPJPY |
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| EURAUD |
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| EURJPY |
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| AUDCAD |
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| AUDJPY |
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| AUDNZD |
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| CADJPY |
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| EURCAD |
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| EURCHF |
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| NZDCAD |
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| EURGBP |
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| EURHUF |
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| EURNOK |
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| EURNZD |
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| EURPLN |
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| EURSEK |
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| EURTRY |
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| GBPCAD |
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| GBPCHF |
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Why shouldn't we only use market sentiment in analysis?
You would probably make use of buy/sell ratio indicators to learn whether buyers or sellers are more dominant in the market recently. But you would only know what they do "in the past and now", while what has happened could not ascertain what would come later. It should also be noted that buy/sell ratio indicators in forex trading are generally not reliable, because they won't be able to represent all market participants.
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What are the most important terms related to market sentiment?
- Bullish Sentiment: Market participants are optimistic about an asset, buying and elevating the asset's price.
- Bearish Sentiment: Market participants are pessimistic about an asset and are busy selling it and pushing prices down.
- High Risk Aversion, Low Risk Appetite: There is an increase in risk in the market, so investors and traders are busy securing their funds in low-risk and safe-haven assets such as Gold, US Government Bonds, Japanese Yen, and Swiss Franc.
- High Risk Appetite, Low Risk Aversion: Uncertainty and risk in the market tend to decrease, so investors and traders dare to invest in higher-risk assets, such as stocks, emerging currencies, crude oil, and so on.
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How to define market sentiment?
Market Sentiment is an unofficial consensus on market assets and the macroeconomy among market participants (traders and investors). This unofficial consensus is an accumulation of various fundamental and technical factors, including price patterns and the release of economic data or global news that are considered important. These factors together form the general perception of the investment market community.
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Why is it safer to follow market sentimen?
Prices in forex market depends on the perceptions and expectations of traders involved in regard to the trend. If the majority of traders think that the price will go down, they are going to sell their position. Their act of selling will push prices and the trend will go down. On the opposite, if the reversal happened, then the expectation of a rising price will prompt traders to open buy orders and push the price upward.
As such, if you are a trader who has a small amount of funds, you should follow market sentiment. Unless you have billions of US$ in the market, you won't be able to control the price movement.
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