Major driving forces for GBP/USD and EUR/USD in H2 2015
Jul 29, 2015 10:04 am UTC| Insights & Views
What may break down euro correlations:Bearish factors would mean higher cable vol.Current account and budget deficits, low inflation, and Brexit fears are darkening the GBP outlook.EUR/USD should now decline by more than...
Guide to today’s important data and events
Jul 29, 2015 09:10 am UTC| Insights & Views
Not many economic dockets for today, focus is on FOMC rate decision. Data released so far - Germany - GFK consumer confidence survey indicator remained at same level for August at 10.1. Switzerland - UBS...
FxWirePro: Vega spreads to trade EUR/USD HY vols
Jul 29, 2015 07:54 am UTC| Insights & Views
We recommend on speculation basis buying one touch vega calls in order to extract leverage on extended profits. As you can see from the nutshell showing volatilities of ATM contracts (EURUSD - 6 months contracts show 10.2%...
Long term hedging perspectives: Delta hedging of USD/JPY straddles
Jul 29, 2015 07:31 am UTC| Insights & Views
It must be quite puzzling for the one who referred our earlier write up on USD/JPY on speculation grounds. If on a short straddle combination where a call and put options are written with deltas of 0.50 and -0.42...
FxWirePro: $ adamant to give up bullish momentum against ¥; naked straddle shorting for speculators
Jul 29, 2015 06:31 am UTC| Insights & Views
We see the trend going in tight range between 124.467 - 122.158 from last fortnight or so which we perceive this as non directional but slightly downward bias since some bearish signals for short term basis are popping up....
Jul 29, 2015 06:06 am UTC| Insights & Views
Both EOD and weekly graphs suggest bearish signals, Doji pattern formed when the pair was testing a crucial support at around 91.229 levels on weekly charts.More importantly a Doji pattern candle occurred at 91.243. The...
Jul 28, 2015 18:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Equities are all trading in green today as bargain hunters jumped into the market. Performance this week at a glance in chart table - SP 500 - SP is up today, as risk off sentiment failed to gain much ground. Todays...
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