FxWirePro: Trade and Hedge EUR/AUD via ‘Diagonal Options Strips’ ahead of RBA

Mar 04, 2019 08:08 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks

A Glance at Fundamentals: Aussie dollar is losing its buying momentum as RBA is scheduled for its monetary policy, we expect the cash rate announcement to be on hold. However,ourview of two RBA rate cuts in H2 obviously...

Fed Hike aftermath Series: Hike probabilities over coming meetings

Mar 04, 2019 04:34 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

FOMC followed through its promise and hiked rates four times in 2018 and forecasted two more rate hikes for 2019. Current Federal funds rate - 225-250 bps (Note, all calculations are based on data as of 4th...

FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 4th March 2019

Mar 04, 2019 04:17 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Not many economic data and events scheduled for today, and all with medium volatility risks associated. Upcoming: Australia: TD securities inflation up 0.1 percent in February. Building permits rose 28.6 percent...

BoT likely to keep policy rate on hold despite concerns of financial stability, says ANZ Research

Mar 01, 2019 08:57 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is expected to keep its policy rate on hold at 1.75 percent at its meeting on March 20 even though concerns of financial stability are likely to persist, according to the latest report from ANZ...

FxWirePro: AUD/USD Call Spreads Unlikely to Fetch Desired Yields Amid Jittery Monetary Policy Outlook

Mar 01, 2019 07:38 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks

AUDUSD downside risks remain intact, the next target 0.7070 and below 0.70 levels in medium terms. Medium-term perspective:The FOMCs dovish shift may have driven Aussie towards near 0.73 levels while the RBAs subsequent...

FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 1st March 2019

Mar 01, 2019 05:11 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Lots of economic data and events scheduled for today, and some with high volatility risks associated. Upcoming: Japan: Nikkei manufacturing PMI came at 48.9 in February. Consumer confidence index declined to 41.5...

FxWirePro: Reshuffle EURHUF call spread on low vols scenario

Feb 28, 2019 13:38 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks

Hungarian MPC meeting went more or less as we had expected: the central bank reiterated that it was ready to gradually normalize monetary policy, depending on the persistence of the inflation trend the MPC but did not...