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Forex Open Position Ratios

A summary of open positions held by OANDA clients

These graphs show breakdowns from OANDA's books for recent open positions for the major currency pairs. This information is sampled every 20 minutes, and could be interpreted as an indicator of current trading activity.

Long-Short Ratios
  1. EUR/CHF
    85.40%  
  2. XAG/USD
    76.59% 23.41%
  3. XAU/USD
    73.80% 26.20%
  4. USD/CHF
    64.90% 35.10%
  5. AUD/JPY
    60.38% 39.62%
  6. USD/CAD
    60.03% 39.97%
  7. EUR/AUD
    56.55% 43.45%
  8. GBP/USD
    54.35% 45.65%
  9. GBP/CHF
    50.55% 49.45%
  10. USD/JPY
    48.16% 51.84%
  11. AUD/USD
    47.48% 52.52%
  12. EUR/GBP
    45.53% 54.47%
  13. EUR/JPY
    45.17% 54.83%
  14. GBP/JPY
    40.20% 59.80%
  15. EUR/USD
    40.17% 59.83%
  16. NZD/USD
    38.95% 61.05%
  •   Long
  •   Short

Open Position Ratios
  1. EUR/CHF
     
    5.94
  2. XAG/USD
     
    3.41
  3. XAU/USD
     
    2.66
  4. USD/CHF
     
    5.14
  5. AUD/JPY
     
    4.22
  6. USD/CAD
     
    5.34
  7. EUR/AUD
     
    3.15
  8. GBP/USD
     
    6.98
  9. GBP/CHF
     
    1.17
  10. USD/JPY
     
    7.76
  11. AUD/USD
     
    11.31
  12. EUR/GBP
     
    3.18
  13. EUR/JPY
     
    4.44
  14. GBP/JPY
     
    2.99
  15. EUR/USD
    28.59
  16. NZD/USD
     
    3.71
  •   Open Positions

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How To Interpret These Graphs


Position Ratios—Shows the percentage of open positions held for each of the major currency pairs. For each pair, the percentage represents the total open positions (both long and short) relative to the total number of positions held for all the major currency pairs. Note that the percentages always add up to 100%, even though minor currency pairs are not included in the calculations.

Long-Short Ratios—Shows the ratio of long vs. short positions for each of the major currency pairs. The left percentage shows long positions; the right percentage shows short positions.

Order these lists by—You can order either graph. For easy comparison, the order of the currency pairs stays the same for both graphs.

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