Cryptocurrency Derivatives Series: Top 3 OTCs For Highest Derivatives Trade Volumes
Apr 22, 2019 08:51 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views
Bitcoin derivatives trading has received myriad interests following recent rallies of Bitcoin price. The CME, the US registered exchange, renders a highly regulated Bitcoin product but the trading volume on this...
FxWirePro: CAD/JPY Options Strategy Ahead of BoC and BoJ Monetary Policies
Apr 22, 2019 07:38 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
TheBank of Canada and Bank of Japan are scheduled for their monetary policies this week, BoC arrives Wednesdayalong with the Monetary Policy Report that includes refreshed forecasts. Governor Poloz and SDG Wilkins will...
FxWirePro: Can SARB maintain status quo? Uphold optionality for USD/ZAR hedging
Apr 18, 2019 13:51 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
Yesterdays South African inflation data for March showed an increase in inflation, but the data remained slightly below expectations. The overall rate climbed from 4.1% to 4.5% (consensus: 4.6%). The main drivers were...
FxWirePro: Crypto arbitrage opportunity for the day
Apr 18, 2019 13:32 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views
As the cryptocurrency avenue shows the spark of bullish pressure from the recent past, pricing disparities at different exchanges offer to lure arbitrage opportunities to exploit. As the potential yields may vary from...
FxWirePro: CAD relative value trades on Canadian price data announcement
Apr 18, 2019 11:22 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Yesterdays Canadian price data, which surprised on the upside, showed how secondary the inflation trend is in the eyes of market participants at the moment. The boost for the Canadian dollar was strong at first but did not...
FxWirePro: A bird’s eye-view on EUR bloc FX vols on eurozone PMIs
Apr 18, 2019 10:29 am UTC| Research & Analysis
The publication of composite purchasing manager indices for the eurozone has been lackluster (Service PMIs are at 52.5 versus consensus 53.1 and previous flashes at 53.3 levels and Manufacturing PMIs are at 47.8 against...
FxWirePro: EUR/USD options strips bidding 3m RRs and IV skews on lacklustre PMIs
Apr 18, 2019 09:29 am UTC| Research & Analysis
EURUSD prices are back under pressure below 1.1262 (i.e. 21-DMA levels), having failed to break-out stiff resistance at around 1.1324 levels. We are now developing into a bear channel targeting 1.1183 recent lows. For...
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