Sentiment Index

I. How It Works

A Sentiment Index displays changes in the ratio of traders buying and selling a specific currency for a given period of time. The index is also used to forecast the best time to buy or sell a currency.Sentiment Index is a welcome addition to Forex Club's trading tools, as it gives traders a deeper understanding of the current market trends. Information provided by the Sentiment Index can help answer some of the trader's most important questions:

  • What is the current situation in the FOREX markets?
  • How will the market behave in the future?
  • What are the most prevalent trends, at the moment?
  • And, most importantly, what positions (Buy or Sell) are most traders taking for a specific currency?

The index's values ranges from 0 to 100:

  • As the number of traders selling a currency increases compared to those buying the currency, the index approaches 0.
  • If there are more traders buying a currency than selling it, the index approaches 100.
  • The  index never reaches either extreme (0 or 100).

Overbought/oversold zones are defined at the 70/30 level:

  • If the index reaches 30 or below, the currency has entered the oversold area and a reverse upward trend is very likely.
  • Accordingly, the opposite response is likely if the index reaches 70 or above (the overbought zone).
  • If the index is in the zone between 30 and 70, fluctuations are considered neutral.


II. Enabling the Sentiment Index in My FXBank

You can enable the Senitment Index if you have at least $10,000 in your trading account.
To enable this service, click the Sentiment Index link on the Services tab in My FXBank.

  Sentiment Index

When you click the link, a screen with a description of the service and terms and conditions of use will be displayed. If you accept the terms and conditions, select the checkbox "I have read, accept and understand all terms and conditions for use of the index," and then click the Connect button. Access to the index will be available within 24 hours after connection.

Sample screenshot of the index:

III. Enabling the Sentiment Index in Rumus

The Sentiment Index can be displayed in the Rumus trading platform, version 1.5.6 or later.
You can chart the index for any currency pair and for any available time period. 

The Sentiment Index is not automatically displayed in the list of tools. To make the index available, you must login to the trading terminal, using the account number for which this service is enabled. Then you can access the Seniment Index just like any other conventional tool. When they are added to the chart, you do not have to specify the underlying data, as they are already calculated for each currency pair.
Sentiment Index is saved in the list of available tools, but will be in demo mode until you log in to the terminal using your account. Data already saved on the disk will be displayed on charts without authorization at the terminal, but will not be updated.

IV. Desktop with the Sentiment Index

To help traders, we have developed a special desktop that contains four tabs with Sentiment Index for four major currency pairs (EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/CHF and USD/JPY).
You can download the desktop here: http://download.fxclub.com/Kayman/Kayman.rmd