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Year To Date - YTD.

What is 'Year To Date - YTD'

Year to date (YTD) refers to the period beginning the first day of the current calendar year or fiscal year up to the current date. YTD information is useful for analyzing business trends or comparing performance data, and the acronym often modifies concepts such as investment returns, earnings and net pay.

BREAKING DOWN 'Year To Date - YTD'

If someone uses YTD in reference to a calendar year, he means the period of time between Jan 1 of the current year and the current date. If he uses YTD in reference to a fiscal year, he means the period of time between the first day of the fiscal year in question and the current date. A fiscal year is a period of time lasting a year but not necessarily beginning on January 1, and is used by companies, governments, and organizations for accounting purposes. For example, the federal government observes its fiscal year from Oct 1 to Sept 30, and Microsoft's fiscal year is from July 1 to June 30.

Year-to-Date Returns.

YTD return refers to the amount of profit made by an investment since the first day of the calendar year. Investors and analysts use YTD returns to assess the performance of investments and portfolios. To calculate an investment's YTD return, subtract its value on Jan 1 of the current year from its current value. Then, divide the difference by the value on Jan 1, and multiply the product by 100 to convert it to a percentage. For example, if a portfolio was worth $100,000 on Jan 1, and it's worth $150,000 today, its YTD return is 50%.

Year-to-Date Earnings.

Year-to-date earnings refers to the amount of money an individual has earned from Jan 1 to the current date. This amount typically appears on an employee's pay stub, along with information about Medicare and Social Security withholdings and income tax payments. YTD earnings may also describe the amount of money an independent contractor or business has earned since the beginning of the year. This amount consists of revenue minus expenses. Small-business owners use YTD earnings to track financial goals and estimate quarterly tax payments.

Year-to-Date Net Pay.

Net pay is the difference between employee earnings and the amount of tax withheld from those earnings. To calculate net pay, employees subtract the tax from the gross pay. YTD net pay appears on many paycheck stubs, and this figure includes all of the money earned since Jan 1 of the current year minus all of the tax paid.

Month to Date.

Month to date (MTD) refers to the period of time between the 1st of the current month and the current date. For example, if today's date is May 19, 2017, MTD refers to the period of time from May 1, 2017 to May 18, 2017. Typically, MTD does not include the current date because the end of business has not yet occurred for that day. This metric is used in similar ways as YTD metrics. Namely, business owners, investors and individuals use MTD data to analyze their income, business earnings, and investment returns for the month so far.

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USD/JPY Violently Reverses from YTD Low with Biggest Gain in 8-Months.

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USD/ JPY technical strategy: pierce of 12-month trend line brought out the buyers USD/JPY traded to 107.32 on Friday, as high as 109.40 on Monday CFTC data showed hedge funds continued to hold JPY short position IGCS Highlight : Drop in net-long exposure favors contrarian via of upside.

Hedge funds are likely patting themselves on the back, for now. Data from the CFTC showed they added to short JPY positions last week, which, if held, definitely played out well on Monday. Multiple risk-off scenarios that were feared last week going into the weekend failed to play out. As a result, the JPY sold off , and USD/JPY rose by the most in 8 months as the US Dollar rebounded.

The real action in JPY shorts may be seen in CAD/JPY or GBP/JPY, which traded to the highest level since November 2015 and 1-month highs respectively. USD/JPY pushed above 109, but recently traded on Friday to the lowest level of 2017 at 107.32. Validating the push higher in JPY was the SPX closing at a record high.

The technical picture seems to favor a continued bounce as a failed breakout, meaning the move to new 2017 lows did not hold or extend could lead to the aggressive unloading of long JPY positions. One theme that has plagued 2017 is that a plethora of potential risk-off scenarios have failed to stick to the wall, which happens in Bull Markets for stocks like we’re currently witnessing.

Adding to the Inter market view that USD/JPY could see a continued bounce after failing to extend lower below 108 is the sentiment picture. IGCS is showing a decline of net-longs, and an increase of short exposure. As a contrarian indicator, a failure to hold an extreme level followed by retail traders adding exposure in the direction of the failed breakout if further evidence to favor a rebound.

While an across the board USD rally is not favored , it’s worth keeping an eye on weak currencies like the JPY that could benefit tactical USD longs. On Monday, we also saw a rebound in expectations for a December hike by the Fed. While still below 50%, which is considered priced in, it’s fair to say that a push higher in odds would align with USD strength, especially against weaker currencies like JPY.

Daily USD/ JPY Chart: Strong rejection after piercing the trend line as risk-off sentiment fails to stick.

Chart Created by Tyler Yell, CMT.

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USDJPY: Retail trader data shows 66.2% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders long to short at 1.96 to 1. In fact, traders have remained net-long since Jul 18 when USDJPY traded near 114.057; the price has moved 4.2% lower since then. The number of traders net-long is 5.5% lower than yesterday and 5.2% higher from last week, while the number of traders net-short is 14.5% higher than yesterday and 4.4% higher from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-long suggests USDJPY prices may continue to fall. Positioning is less net-long than yesterday but more net-long from last week. The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed USDJPY trading bias ( emphasis added . )

Written by Tyler Yell, CMT, Currency Analyst & Trading Instructor for DailyFX.

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