FxWirePro: Spot On Good Value In Short EUR/JPY, Delta-Hedged Short Risk Reversals & Delta-Hedged Put-Spreads

Jul 24, 2020 07:48 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Selling riskies has been a theme that we repeatedly utilized since the March vol episode. Delta-hedged ratio spreads served us well in that regard as they proved efficient in capturing excess risk premium embedded in skew...

FxWirePro: CBT Maintains Status Quo – Activate Positions Via Forwards To Trade And Hedge Turkish Lira

Jul 23, 2020 13:35 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views

Todays Turkish central banks monetary policy hasnt been driving force for lira. CBT maintained status quo policy by keeping its benchmark one-week repo at 8.25 percent as widely expected, this was the unanimous expectation...

Regulatory Series on Series: US Senate Foresees Budding Technology & Digital Dollar To Play Crucial Role In Economic Competition

Jul 23, 2020 12:52 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views Central Banks

On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate Committee for Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on Economic Policy remotely conducted a hearing on the trade race between the U.S and Chinese, entitled Winning the Economic Competition,...

FxWirePro: What’s Driving Euro? EUR/USD OTC Updates And FX Derivatives Trading & Hedging Setup

Jul 23, 2020 11:40 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Risk markets have had a solid start to 2H with equities, industrial commodities and high beta currencies all performing well in the aftermath of solid June PMIs which showed a record increase in the manufacturing...

Digital Currency Revolution Series: Lithuania’s Central Bank Launches LBCOIN Ushering CBDC Concept

Jul 23, 2020 09:49 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Digital Currency Insights & Views

Today, the bank of Lithuania has pioneered the digital coin issuance, this has been the digital coin issued by a central bank based on state-of-the-art IT solutions not only in the eurozone but also across the...

Digital Currency Revolution Series: Bitcoin Snapping Rallies But Unwise Build Fresh Shorts, Uphold Long Hedging

Jul 23, 2020 08:39 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Technicals Insights & Views

Bitcoin price (BTCUSD at Coinbase) surpassed $9.5k again but for now, it seems to be quite exhausted after 2-days of rallies (5%), short-term traders are snapping rallies for momentary gains. The consolidation phase...

FxWirePro: Deploy USD/CAD Debit Call Spread To Hedge Ahead of BoC

Jul 15, 2020 13:35 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views

The Bank of Canadas (BoC) rate decision today is unlikely to get anyone excited. The key rate is likely to remain unchanged at 0.25%, as there is increasing evidence that for now the worst is over for Canada as far as the...