FxWirePro: What do EUR risk reversals and delta hedges offer?
May 04, 2017 10:18 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
EUR-cross-risk-reversals have understandably re-priced sharply in the direction of EUR calls, especially against G10 commodity currencies that were among the worst performers on the week. We struggle to see severe...
May 04, 2017 08:58 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Well anticipated French election outcome on April 24th saw vols fall meaningfully below 1-day forward levels from last weeks close. Even adjusting for the sharp decline baked into forward vols to account for the passage of...
FxWirePro: USD/EM lower, USD/JPY higher, well-priced dual digitals to strike the balance
May 04, 2017 08:28 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
We add short EM vol risk on positive developments this week, tactical yen bearishness plays well alongside good-quality carry. So, weve have turned tactically bearish on the yen, expecting USDJPY to edge northwards at 114...
May 04, 2017 06:57 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks
As the U.S. Federal Reserve has maintained status quo at its monetary policy meeting yesterday (funds rate at 1.00%) due to pauses to parse more economic data but may hint it is on track for an increase in June, bullions...
May 04, 2017 06:45 am UTC| Technicals Insights & Views
Technical Inference: On daily plotting, the double top pattern has occurred in silver price chart with peak 1 at 18.485 (that is where Back to back shooting star candle patterns are traced out), peak 2 at 18.647 and...
FxWirePro: Risk-off sentiments to drive bullion, lethargic ETF flows to substantiate
May 03, 2017 12:54 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
As the U.S. Federal Reserve is most likely to maintain status quo at its monetary policy meeting today due to pauses to parse more economic data but may hint it is on track for an increase in June, bullions both spot and...
May 03, 2017 12:34 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
As we are heading towards US rates tonight, while last weeks political developments definitely pressured yields, we also believe all these technicalities played a crucial role in 10-year yields breaking below the...
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