May 09, 2018 11:10 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The USD pairs remain volatile with 10-year US rates on the move. However, following a week of jittery FX spot, the universe of cheap defensive plays is rapidly shrinking. The Fed is much further advanced in its rate...
May 09, 2018 09:20 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
We had earlier reaffirmed holding onto long CAD following the unexpectedly dovish BoC meeting in the recent past on the ongoing likelihood of a near-term NAFTA breakthrough, and on the observation that BoC pricing was not...
FxWirePro: Deploy options strips to hedge CAD/JPY’s seesaw oscillation
May 09, 2018 08:06 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
CADJPY is one of the better candidates since recent CAD weakness has undershot recent moves in oil and rate spreads. But any recovery in crude oil prices may cushion CAD in the upcoming days. On the broader perspective,...
Call Review: Ripple achieves target, XRP/USD makes bearish noise
May 08, 2018 13:29 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Technicals Insights & Views
Weve already highlighted in our recent posts about the bearishness of BTC, ETH and NEM in a close range on Tuesday as these cryptocurrencies continued price dips. BTC is currently trading at around 9327, ETH at 717 and NEM...
May 08, 2018 12:47 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
The yield of 10-year US Treasuries flirted with the 3% mark again yesterday and immediately all the usual suspects (BRL, MXN, RUB, INR, ZAR and TRY) came under depreciation pressure again. However, a part of the recent...
May 08, 2018 10:09 am UTC| Research & Analysis Technicals Digital Currency Insights & Views
NEM (XEMBTC) attempt to bounce back but restrained below 21DMAs, as a result, the pair forms shooting star pattern which is bearish in nature. If you observe the daily plotting, the price behavior of this pair has gone...
Shedding lights on mechanism of BTC futures at Gemini and GDAX
May 08, 2018 08:52 am UTC| Digital Currency Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Ever since the BTC futures were launched about two months ago, weve seen series critics as well as massive turbulence in the underlying currency BTCUSD, it has shot up to 19k mark and tumbled below 10k again, now settling...
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