FxWirePro: Brexit bonkers fade away, BoE stays pat, hedge tailwinds in FTSE and EUR/GBP in 2018

Dec 14, 2017 12:58 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks

The monetary policy committee voted to leave interest rates on hold at 0.5% in a unanimous decision. The BoE also maintained its current quantitative easing stimulus program, which has bought 435 billion of government...

Too much analysis likely to lead paralysis and perceived overvaluation is a ticket to get ruined – When S&P can stay overbought, why not cryptos?

Dec 14, 2017 11:24 am UTC| Digital Currency Research & Analysis Insights & Views

While a few set of critics reckon that the bitcoin has been the 21st century Tulipbubble fated to burst, optimistic institutional investors on Wall Street are keen on eyeing on ways of integrating blockchain as a...

FxWirePro: SNB likely to maintain status quo as the Swiss central bank needs to lag the ECB - Hedge EUR/CHF via call ratio spreads

Dec 14, 2017 08:14 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views

A glimpse at ECB policy normalization: 2017 began with the negative news that had been holding the euro back, melting away like winter snow. The euro rallied earlier and rose faster than expected, culminating in a final...

FxWirePro: Ideal time for snapping USD/TRY dips and deploy vanilla calls as CBRT likely to remain focused on inflation and shut doors for speculators in lira

Dec 14, 2017 07:58 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

In todays MPC meeting of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT), we reckon that the central bank would now want to guide a message that it seems credible on fighting inflation, discourage ongoing market...

FxWirePro: Hedge EUR/CHF via call ratio spreads on ECB’s expansionary versus SNB’s defensive monetary policy approach as rallies to prolong but in snail’s pace

Dec 13, 2017 14:13 pm UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is likely to feel quite relaxed at its rate meeting tomorrow. EURCHF has now established itself above the 1.16 mark so that interventions against the franc have become unnecessary now. As a...

FxWirePro: Hedging intricacies of crude oil in 2018

Dec 13, 2017 13:46 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

US West Texas Intermediate crude goes up 66 cents at $57.80 a barrel while articulating ahead of EIAs inventory check today. The largest UK oil pipeline system, the Forties pipeline, was shut down on Monday to undergo...

FxWirePro: WTI crude minor trend spike through rising channel, bulls break-out symmetric triangle resistance but struggles for momentum

Dec 13, 2017 12:08 pm UTC| Technicals Insights & Views

Chart pattern formed- Rising channel on daily terms and Symmetric triangle resistance break-out on monthly terms. Major supports are observed at $57.18 and $55.77 levels, and bulls have managed to test these major...