Positioning · retail sentiment · read at 08:31 UTC on 12 November 2026
EUR/GBP retail sentiment: long vs short
As of 08:31 UTC on 12 November 2026, 75% of retail traders are long EUR/GBP and 25% short, a long/short ratio of 3. A week earlier, on 5 November, 73% were long, so the crowd is 2 points more long this week.
The long share over 120 days
Over the 120 days the terminal holds (since 11 July), the long share has run from 31% to 95%; today's reading is higher than on 82% of those days.
The COT view beside it
Speculators in euro futures are net short 78,559 contracts (CFTC, positions at 3 Nov), at the 0th percentile of their own range. Euro COT positioning
Speculators in pound futures are net long 26,663 contracts (CFTC, positions at 3 Nov), at the 49th percentile of their own range. British Pound COT positioning
Retail shows the crowd at retail brokers; the CFTC report shows speculators in futures, weekly. The two often sit on opposite sides. This week's full report: the COT report.
Questions
Are retail traders long or short EUR/GBP?
As of 08:31 UTC on 12 November 2026, 75% of retail traders are long EUR/GBP and 25% short, a long/short ratio of 3. The crowd leans long, 75% on one side.
How has EUR/GBP retail sentiment changed this week?
A week earlier, on 5 November, 73% were long, so the crowd is 2 points more long this week.
Is EUR/GBP retail positioning extreme?
Over the 120 days the terminal holds (since 11 July), the long share has run from 31% to 95%; today's reading is higher than on 82% of those days. That is inside its recent range rather than at an edge of it.
What does the COT report say about EUR/GBP?
Speculators in euro futures are net short 78,559 contracts (CFTC, positions at 3 Nov), at the 0th percentile of their own range. Speculators in pound futures are net long 26,663 contracts (CFTC, positions at 3 Nov), at the 49th percentile of their own range.
How do traders read retail sentiment?
Many traders read it as a contrarian gauge: a crowd leaning heavily one way has often been on the wrong side of the move that follows, and is the side forced out when price runs against it. It is a description of positioning, not a signal. In WatchTower Terminal's composite score retail positioning is read that way, at a weight of 10%, alongside CFTC positioning, rates and research.
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Aggregated retail broker positioning, read every 20 minutes in the terminal; this page is rebuilt through the day. Not financial advice.