May 30, 2016 09:48 am UTC| Commentary
Data Schedules: Today, Swedish GDP (Q1) data have shown slowed numbers, prints at 0.5%, down from an impressive 1.9% in Q4 to miss the consensus looking for 0.7% q/q. Riksbanker Jochnick to speak on the outlook for...
May 30, 2016 06:51 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Key Economic Fundamentals: The yen eased further in Asia on Monday after retail sales data came in better than expected with investors focused squarely on the prospect of a Federal Reserve rate hike as soon as next...
FxWirePro: Hedge CZK's depreciation via "debit put spreads" on CNB's rate cut hopes
May 27, 2016 13:06 pm UTC| Commentary
In a widely anticipated move yesterday, Czech President Milos Zeman formally nominated long time ally Jiri Rusnok as CNB governor. Rusnok has already been a CNB board member and had been Zemans ally from the early 2000s...
Renewed hedging perspectives of EUR/USD risks on Fed's deferral moves
May 27, 2016 12:46 pm UTC| Commentary
It is a difficult task for the US central bank to implement a rate hike cycle over more than two years without the market pricing it in accordingly. However, our Fed watchers have a strong argument: as Fed maintained...
May 27, 2016 12:31 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
Japans core CPI prints worse than forecasted, actual -0.5% versus forecasts at -0.4%. As per yesterday closing the greenback had appreciated by more than 3.6% against the G10 currencies on a trade weighted basis since...
FxWirePro: "Ratio Call Write" to reduce cost of aggressive bulls in EUR/CHF spot on lower IVs
May 27, 2016 11:28 am UTC| Research & Analysis
From the nutshell, one can understand that 25-delta risk of reversal of EURCHF has been one of the expensive pairs to be hedged for downside risks in long run as it indicates puts have been relatively costlier. It shows...
May 27, 2016 10:07 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Dear readers, lets begin with this hedging formulation after a brief glance over our previous post on the trend analysis of this pair. Technically, bull swings taking support at 50% fibo retracements form bullish candle...