Cryptocurrency Derivatives Series: Quick Run Through on CME BTCX’2019 Expiry Season

Nov 25, 2019 12:36 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views Technicals

This Friday is going to be the latest round of CME quarterly Bitcoin futures expires. These futures contracts would have to be settled on 2ndDecember. All CME contracts will have to be traded, or settled, before this...

FxWirePro: Fundamental Intricacies of Lonnie - Diagonal Debit Call Spread To Hedge USD/CAD

Nov 25, 2019 11:01 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks

BoC is scheduled for their monetary policy next week. It looks like another BoC communications flip-flop. Senior DG Wilkins stoked rate cut speculation with comments suggesting that policy makers had room to manoeuver on...

Regulatory Series on Cryptocurrencies: CFTC Top-Notch Officials Praise Digital Assets, Blockchain and FinTech Prominence in LabCFTC

Nov 25, 2019 08:11 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views Commentary

The newly appointed chairman Heath P. Tarbert has recently announced LabCFTC at Fintech Forward 2019eventwhich is going to transform into an independent FinTech arm of CFTCand reporting directly to the Chairman.At this...

Cryptocurrency Derivatives Series: What Drives Anti-Bitcoin ETF Perspectives?

Nov 25, 2019 06:36 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

Despite the lingering sentiments towards a bitcoin ETF is mostly conducive, SEC kept declining the various proposals as the conducive perspectives are not uniformly so. Andreas Antonopoulos, for example, the author of...

Cryptocurrency Derivatives Series: Hedge Funds Positioning in Bitcoin Futures Amid Price Downturn

Nov 25, 2019 06:03 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

Amid the massive price plungeof pioneer cryptocurrency (Bitcoin) in the recent past,the hedge funds prime objective is to outperform the market, they would usually be aggressive in risk appetite and expect to be prudent...

FxWirePro: A Run Through on Energy Commodities Projections and Trades Recommendations

Nov 22, 2019 12:15 pm UTC| Research & Analysis

The commodities baskets were weaker across the board as uncertainty over the US-China trade deal hurt risk sentiment. Industrial metals posted a 4% loss this week while the energy complex was down 2.3%. Crude oil has...

FxWirePro: EUR/GBP OTC Updates and Options Trades Amid Recent Political Developments

Nov 22, 2019 11:24 am UTC| Research & Analysis

It only put temporary pressure on Sterling that the current British Prime Minister Boris Johnson achieved only a marginal victory over his rival Jeremy Corbyn during the recent televised debate. For the time being the...