This section is for discussing market sentiment, positioning, risk-on/risk-off conditions, news impact, macro context, and trader expectations. If you've got a read on where the market is headed and the reasoning to back it up, this is the place to share it.
Basic conduct
Back up your calls with something. "Everyone's long EUR/USD so it's going down" is a starting point, not an argument. Show the data or the logic behind it.
Disagree with someone's read? Good, that's what makes a market. Keep it civil and stick to the analysis.
Don't dismiss contrarian views outright. Sentiment analysis exists precisely because the crowd is often wrong at the extremes.
Promotion & advertising
Do not promote sentiment tools, paid data services, or signal products without admin approval.
Mentioning a tool you use for context is fine. Building a thread around it to drive sign-ups is not.
Referral links get removed without warning.
DMing members to push sentiment services will get you banned.
Posting standards
When posting a sentiment-based view, include the source: COT report, broker positioning data, macro release, whatever you're working from. "Sentiment is bearish" with no source isn't useful.
Specify the timeframe and context. Short-term retail sentiment and long-term institutional positioning are very different things and mixing them up causes confusion.
If your call didn't play out, post the follow-up. The misses are often more instructive than the wins.
Other things that'll get your post removed
Vague predictions dressed up as sentiment analysis with nothing behind them.
Posts that are clearly just promotion for a paid signal service using sentiment as a hook.
Off-topic content that belongs in the brokers or tools sections.
Warnings for minor stuff, bans for anything deliberate or repeated.
Not sure if something fits here, message a mod before posting.
ā ForexRoasted Team
