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Which Currency to Invest In? The Best Currency to Invest In - Here Is The List

Don't want the hassle to go through the Commitment of Traders Report or look through the charts to see which are the best currency to invest in right now? Ok here is a straightforward list applicable in the week starting 25 December 2011 based on last week's Commitment of Traders Report and Commitment of Traders Proxy (20th December 2011). 1) Australian Dollar - Long 2) British Pound Sterling - Short 3) Canadian Dollar - Long 4) Euro FX - Short 5) US Dollar - Long

Commitment of Traders Report COT CFTC - US Dollar Index - 13 December 2011

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Commitment of Traders Report COT CFTC - US Dollar Index - 13 December 2011 How would you use the COT US Dollar Index to trade EUR/USD? Above is the EUR/USD chart along with the COT chart for US Dollar Index (ICE Futures). The commercials are net short of the dollar since reporting date 11 September 2011. The EUR/USD has since gone downhill from there. Although there were some sort of a bull trap for the EUR/USD as you can see on 23 October 2011, if you have stayed with the commercials you would have avoided going long. Now the short position is still in play.