Back to back bearish candles on EUR/JPY, Yen to appreciate
Jun 15, 2015 06:49 am UTC| Insights & Views
On the eve of the high impact data in Japan such as monetary policy statement, Trade balance and industry activity data, we believe Yen is likely to appreciate versus Euro.Japans data this week would normally upbeat,...
Mitigate EUR/JPY downside risks via PRBS
Jun 15, 2015 06:44 am UTC| Insights & Views
Currency Derivatives Insights: (EURJPY)Arrest downside risks of this pair hedging through deploying option strategy: Put Ratio back SpreadExpect the underlying exchange rate of EUR/JPY in order to make steep slumps on the...
ATM put spreads yield safe returns on falling EUR/AUD
Jun 15, 2015 05:33 am UTC| Insights & Views
Currency Option basket: Bear Put Spread (EUR/AUD)Bear Put Spread with 0.5 delta = ATM Protective Put (1.4527) + Sell another Put with lower Strike Price (Out of the Money = 1.4490) for 100,000 units of exposure.This...
Jun 12, 2015 16:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Energy pack is having a bad day. Weekly performance at a glance in chart table. Oil (WTI) - WTI dropped lower high today, again moved away once more from the doji high. Todays range $60.6 -59.7. Target for the...
Jun 12, 2015 16:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Equities are trading in red as FED decision approaches. Performance this week at a glance in chart table - SP 500 - SP has broken below 2100 mark. Todays range 2111-2091. Producer price index grew 0.5% m/m in...
Commodities snapshot (precious & industrial)
Jun 12, 2015 15:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Metals are lacklustre despite weakness in Dollar. Performance this week at a glance in chart table - Gold - Gold faced selloff from around $1185 area. Todays range - $1185 - $1176 Gold might reach $1152 area, since...
Currency snapshot (commodity pairs)
Jun 12, 2015 15:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Dollar index trading at 94.86 (-0.24%) Strength meter (today so far) - Aussie -0.14%, Kiwi -0.45%, Loonie -0.10%. Strength meter (since last week) - Aussie +1.63%, Kiwi -0.80%, Loonie +1.07%. AUD/USD - Trading at...
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