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Amid highly volatile economic environment, shielding currency exposure has become too risky than before. In this series we provide an intelligent insights and analysis on actionable FX derivative strategies that serve different levels of risk appetites and returns.

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: Is crude’s bear run worse than 2009 recessionary cycle? conviction at $35 or below deciding factor

Dec 11, 2015 15:12 pm UTC| Technicals

After having a look upon long term charts, a suspicion arrives in our brains.Can the prevailing bear run surpass the least prices ever in recent history...? this question would take us to absolutely 11.5 years back (which...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: Time for diagonal straps to hedge GBP/AUD’s puzzling swings

Dec 11, 2015 14:03 pm UTC| Technicals

Dear readers, before beginning with this hedging formulation, lets take a look atour previous post on the trend analysis of GBP/AUD. After going through the above article, we would like you to understand mystification...

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FxWirePro: Weather being normal or colder in winter, avoid weighing 2016 natural gas price – hedge with diagonal calendar strips

Dec 11, 2015 13:07 pm UTC| Technicals

As the production levels on regular basis now nearly 2 Bcf/day lower than the highs reached in H1 of 2015, last months futures contract expiry of $2.033/MMBtu that has encouraged an uptick in natural gas demand. Lack of...

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FxWirePro: Is EUR/CHF hedging cost bothering as disparity exists between IVs and premiums? Replicate hedging with synthetic puts

Dec 11, 2015 09:01 am UTC| Technicals

For instance, suppose weve constructed an at the money put option of EURCHF with 1W expiry and with this given maturity has an implied volatility of 6.4% (historically the these vols have never disappointed). Now the...

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FxWirePro: GBP/JPY debit gamma spreads ensure risk reward profile for risk averse; speculate via binary calls intraday

Dec 11, 2015 07:26 am UTC| Technicals

Option Currency Hedging: Debit Put spreads For today, no doubt upswings are rallying on this pair in abrupt but any continued downswings may turn adversely as we think the current downtrend holds stronger, so weve...

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FxWirePro: Deploying XAU/USD collars combo hedges abrupt gold’s uptrend and continued downswings ahead of Feds event

Dec 10, 2015 15:58 pm UTC| Technicals

Good thing is that there were slight inflows into the gold ETFs tracked by Bloomberg again yesterday for the first time in 14 days of trading but we think is also not suffice for golds recovery. Ahead of Feds monetary...

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FxWirePro: SNB’s unchanged 3M Libor curbing EUR/CHF’s recent gains – prefer 2:1 spreads i/o option strips on reducing IVs

Dec 10, 2015 13:21 pm UTC| Technicals

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) today kept policy rates unchanged at its quarterly meeting as expected by most market observers, i.e. the 3M Libor target and sight-deposit rate were kept at -0.75%. This sent EUR/CHF lower...

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Economy

Asian Stocks Mixed as OpenAI Revenue Concerns Hit Chipmakers

Asian stock markets traded unevenly on Friday as semiconductor shares declined following fresh concerns about OpenAIs revenue outlook, while rising oil prices and volatile bond markets weighed on investor sentiment. The...

Gold Prices Rise as Dollar Weakens, Treasury Yields Fall

Gold prices climbed during Asian trading on Friday, supported by a weaker U.S. dollar and falling Treasury yields, as investors assessed inflation concerns driven by rising oil prices and expectations of further Federal...

Asian Currencies Steady as Dollar Eyes Fourth Weekly Gain

Asian currencies traded largely flat on Friday as the U.S. dollar headed for its fourth consecutive weekly gain, supported by expectations that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates again before the end of 2026....

US, EU Push for Action Against Asia’s Excess Factory Capacity

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Thursday that European Union countries have reached a broad consensus on the need to address global manufacturing overcapacity, particularly in Asia, as concerns grow over its...

Wall Street Falls as Oil Prices Rise and Tech Stocks Slide

Wall Street stocks declined for a second consecutive session on Thursday as rising oil prices, Treasury market volatility, and concerns over OpenAIs revenue outlook weighed on investor sentiment. At 13:07 ET, the SP 500...

Politics

Venezuela’s Machado Calls for Elections by July 2027

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has called for presidential elections in Venezuela next year, saying the country has sufficient time to organize a vote by July 2027, according to a Financial Times report...

RFK Jr. Launches Nationwide Vaccine Safety Review

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched a department-wide initiative to investigate and document reported health problems following vaccination, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced...

Zelenskiy Slams US Over Deadly Russian Strikes on Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy criticized the United States for its reluctance to provide additional military support after Russian airstrikes killed dozens of civilians across Ukraine, intensifying tensions over...

Flavio Bolsonaro Leads Lula 49%-45% in Brazil Runoff Poll

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro holds a narrow lead over President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ahead of the October 25 presidential runoff election, according to a Datafolha poll released Thursday. However, the results...

Trump Buys Up to $25M in Meta Stock, Invests in SpaceX Debt

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) shares briefly climbed more than 1% after President Donald Trumps latest financial disclosure revealed a stock purchase worth up to $25 million. The shares later trimmed their gains as...

Science

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion Could Delay Launch Operations Until 2028

Blue Origin is facing a significant setback after a dramatic explosion involving its New Glenn rocket severely damaged a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, repairs to the...

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Launch Pad Test, Delaying Space Ambitions

Blue Origin suffered a major setback after its uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a launch pad test in Florida on Thursday, raising new challenges for Jeff Bezos space company as it competes with Elon Musks SpaceX...

SpaceX Delays Starship V3 Launch Ahead of Potential Record IPO

SpaceX on Thursday postponed the highly anticipated launch of its 12th Starship rocket test from Texas after technical issues interrupted the final countdown. The company now plans to attempt the Starship V3 launch again...

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

Technology

Apple Cuts iPhone 18 Pro Production Orders Amid Weak Demand

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reportedly instructed several suppliers to reduce component production for its newly released iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, signaling potential challenges for the companys latest...

OpenAI Revenue Hits $50 Billion, Below Earlier $70 Billion Estimate

OpenAI has informed investors that its annualized revenue reached nearly $50 billion in September, significantly below the $70 billion previously indicated, according to a Reuters report on Thursday. The revised figure...

OpenAI Annualized Revenue Hits $50 Billion, Below Earlier Estimates

OpenAIs annualized revenue reached approximately $50 billion by the end of September 2026, significantly below the $70 billion previously reported to investors, according to financial documents reviewed by the Financial...

Oracle Uses Trucked Natural Gas to Power AI Data Centers Amid Pipeline Delays

Oracle Corp. is transporting natural gas by truck to several data centers across the United States as delays in pipeline construction threaten the companys artificial intelligence infrastructure expansion plans, Bloomberg...

Apple Names Steve Smith M&A Chief in Leadership Shakeup

Apple Inc. is making significant changes to its executive leadership, appointing Steve Smith as its new head of mergers and acquisitions (MA) as the technology giant continues restructuring its management team under newly...