Market update: euro plunges after US CPI data, leaving EUR/USD at risk amid more bullish retail bets

The euro plunged over 0.8% against the US dollar on Thursday after a higher-than-expected US CPI report, which boosted Treasury yields. That was the worst single day drop since early October. EUR/USD’s drop pushed retail traders to boost upside exposure, which can be seen by looking at IG Client Sentiment (IGCS). The latter tends to function as a contrarian indicator. With that in mind, will the euro continue lower from here?

EUR/USD sentiment outlook – bearish

The IGCS gauge shows that about 69% of retail traders are net-long EUR/USD. Since most of them remain biased higher, this continues to hint that prices may fall down the road. This is as upside bets increased by 10.46% and 5.62% compared to yesterday and last week, respectively. With that in mind, the combination of overall exposure and recent changes offers a stronger bearish contrarian outlook.

IG client sentiment for EUR/USD chart

EUR/USD's technical analysis

Focusing on the daily chart below, EUR/USD has turned lower following a rejection of the falling trendline from July. This has reinstated the broader downside focus following cautious gains since the beginning of this month. Now, immediate support is the March low of 1.0516. Below that is the 100% Fibonacci extension level of 1.0436.

Breaking lower opens the door to extending the broader downtrend, exposing the 123.6% Fibonacci extension level of 1.0315. On the other hand, a turn higher and push above the falling trendline would open the door to an increasingly bullish outlook. That exposes the 61.8% level of 1.0631.

Euro daily chart

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