FxWirePro: Snippets of gold vols and options possibilities
May 07, 2019 11:55 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Gold vols: The gold 1M ATM vol levels opened up the week with an uptick of about 0.3 vols (from 7.9 to 8.2) but finished the week on the back foot at historical low @ 7.85 vols. Front-month gold gamma rose from 7.8 vols...
FxWirePro: A Run Through on Luring Relative Values in Kiwis FX Crosses Ahead of RBNZ
May 07, 2019 11:16 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views
By year-end, we expect NZD to see it below 0.6600 levels if the RBNZ cuts the OCR. In addition, we expect the US economy to improve in the second half of 2019, which should support the US dollar. Currently, our...
May 07, 2019 10:29 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views Technicals
Cryptocurrency derivatives have been the center of attraction in the recent past. Cryptocurrency derivatives, including cryptocurrency ETFs, futures, CFDs, and cryptocurrency options) have been under the meticulous scanner...
May 07, 2019 08:45 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) maintained the status quo in its monetary policy, leaving key rates unchanged today. As a result, the Aussie dollar could be a beneficiary slightly from this decision as the majority of...
FxWirePro: Prime focus on Gamma among Antipodean FX bloc ahead of RBNZ
May 07, 2019 07:01 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left its key rate unchanged today. The Australian dollar was able to benefit slightly from this decision as the majority of analysts had expected a rate cut. While the RBNZ surprised...
May 07, 2019 05:45 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views Technicals
Fidelity Investment, one of the largest asset management companies (AMCs) across the globe, will launch a new service to transact Bitcoin for its institutional clients as per the sources ofBloomberg report. However, we...
FxWirePro: NOK vulnerable on falling oil prices – Call check on EUR/NOK/USD options triangle
May 06, 2019 13:42 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
TheNOKcontinued to weaken last week, and theEURNOKhas traded back above the 9.80-handle going into this week, after trading as low (strong) as 9.55 two weeks ago. The main reason for the NOK weakness last week was...
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