FxWirePro: A Glimpse at Cheapness of Vols Among G7 FX Universe
Mar 04, 2019 12:48 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
The stable genius in the White House once again let off a broadside against the Feds monetary policy and in particular against Fed chair Jerome Powell himself. Trumps verbal attacks only put very temporary pressure on the...
Calendar events of cryptocurrencies for March
Mar 04, 2019 12:02 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views
The Bitcoin price tumbled from $3,911.10 to $3,785 by 2.63% percent, the other major crypto peers such as Ethereum and EOS to lose well over 5 percent of their value against the U.S. dollar. Overall, it hasnt been a good...
FxWirePro: Aussie rates and hedging possibilities ahead of RBA
Mar 04, 2019 11:30 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
The above nutshell exhibits R2 of the 2-d regression analysis on the EUR has associated a lower R2 (75%) than for USD and JPY (above 85%). The analysis for EUR-crosses confirms the earlier result that EUR calls offer...
Trend of Tokenization Series – Hong Kong firm to come up tokenized security exchange
Mar 04, 2019 08:31 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views
Nasdaqs initiatives in tokenization business have already been reported in our recent posts.Symbiont, a blockchain technologycompany, raised by a round of funding about $20 million that has been led by Nasdaq. Nasdaq...
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...
FxWirePro: A snapshot on LatAm FX trade
Mar 01, 2019 13:38 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
BRL has been one consistent standout currency on the above carry-vol metrics for assessing cheapness of skews. Thats further supported in 1stchart where BRL is the only USD pair that checks all the boxes. Sentiment toward...
FxWirePro: USD/CAD calendar call spread on monetary and geopolitical risk events
Mar 01, 2019 12:46 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
CADhas been quietly consolidating around 200 day MA; bullish on spreads, relative CB policy and trading within a relatively tight range just below Mondays three week high. The near-term domestic risk is limited to the...
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