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FxWirePro: Gold technicals suggest writing strangles and deploy bullish bullion hedging on OTC indications

Apr 20, 2018 11:26 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The intermediate trend of gold has been stuck in the tight range between $1,361 and $1,306 levels. The hammer and bullish engulfing patterns have occurred in between these ranges to intensify rallies (on daily terms)....

FxWirePro: Barclays research tool sheds lights on massive dints in crypto hedge funds as investor perplexed on BTC’s bubble or correction

Apr 20, 2018 07:32 am UTC| Digital Currency Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Leading global hedge fund data whizz, Barclay Hedge launched its latest equal-weighted index, the Cryptocurrency Traders Index, evidencing that participants in the industry plunged almost over 29% in March 2018. It is down...

FxWirePro: AUD/USD hedgers bid 3m OTC indications and improve odds in put ratio back spreads

Apr 20, 2018 06:40 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

AUDUSD is correcting the April rally, the pullback possibly extending to 0.7700. The medium-term perspectives: The Aussie remains pricey compared to short-term fair value estimates. Yield differentials along the curve...

FxWirePro: USD/HKD technicals with early signals of weakness on interventions of HKMA, whipsaws, and hanging indicate dips - Add protective delta put to hedge

Apr 19, 2018 14:13 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views Technicals

The HKMA upsized its intervention, and bought HKD17.6bn (USD2.2bn) over the past 24 hours, with total volume touching HKD51.3bn (USD6.5bn). USDHKD, however, has been hovering around 7.8495, still quite close to its...

FxWirePro: Gamma spreads striking chords on lingering robust equities and CHF liquidation flows

Apr 19, 2018 13:15 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

With the movement of the underlying spot FX, someone has to change the price of the delta as the option moves from ATM to OTM and then back to ATM to ITM. Well, on the pool of FX gamma that we like owning is AUDCHF...

Has Bitcoin dust settled? Minor trend seems constructive, intermediate trend yet to confirm – FxWirePro prefers CME BTFs

Apr 19, 2018 12:32 pm UTC| Digital Currency Research & Analysis Insights & Views

On daily plotting, BTCUSD was sliding through sloping channel, but bulls, for now, has managed to havebroken out the channel resistance. Strong support was taken at $6,408 levels. Ever since then bulls have held very...

FxWirePro: EUR/JPY OTC bids and hedging frameworks – RVs, delta puts and risk reversal trades

Apr 19, 2018 11:32 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The neutral-negative risk reversal numbers are still indicating hedging sentiments for the potential bearish risks across all tenors remain intact, while positively skewed IVs of the 3m tenorshavent changed from the last...

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Economy

What should you do if you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?

The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis

Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe over the coming years. Many commentators are hopeful...

Minimum wage for South African farm workers: study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor

Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the...

Gas is good until 2050 and beyond, under Albanese gas strategy

The Albanese government is talking up the crucial role of gas as a transition fuel through to 2050 and beyond. In a gas strategy to be released on Thursday, the government envisages the fuels uses would change over...

South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed

The South African governments Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan was launched in November 2023. It is a roadmap guiding the country away from reliance on coal-fired power towards renewable energy alternatives by...

Politics

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

Former President Donald Trump reportedly proposed a $1 billion deal to oil executives, offering to end electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in return for campaign funding, according to The Washington Post. This move underscores...

US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections

Ahead of the European parliament elections in June, Germany has lowered the age limit on participation to 16. This makes it the largest of just a handful of states in the EU to allow people under the age of 18 to vote....

South Africa will be president of the G20 in 2025: two much-needed reforms it should drive

South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of global...

What early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP

By the end of winter 2024, the return of Donald Trump to the top of the GOP presidential ticket has revealed a surprising trend in the former presidents base of support: his increasing popularity among Black and Latino...

Science

Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead? There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests

One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted by applying Newtons law of gravity to their visible matter, despite those...

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without...

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

Technology

Altcoins Expected to Yield 2x-5x Gains by May End: Fetch.AI, Floki, AAVE, ENA

The latest climb in Bitcoins price beyond $65,000 on Wednesday sparked a new relief rally in the cryptocurrency market. Top altcoins are also profiting from the upward momentum, recovering from recent downturn tendencies....

US Orthodontic Leader Accepts Shiba Inu, Embracing Cryptocurrency for Payments

Shiba Inu, the popular meme coin, is experiencing a period of growth and increased utility. Amoré Orthodontic Aligners, a company that specializes in orthodontic care, recently announced that it will now accept SHIB...

Crypto Lender Genesis to Return $3 Billion in Bankruptcy Wind-Down Amid Rising Creditor Haircuts

Crypto lender Genesis Global received court approval to return nearly $3 billion to customers, while a report highlights a significant increase in creditor haircuts in bankruptcy cases to 73% in FY24. Judge Approves...

Binance Enhances SHIB, USTC, AGIX Trading and Liquidity for Better Market Dynamics

Binance has announced efforts to enhance liquidity and trading for Shiba Inu (SHIB), USTC, and SingularityNET (AGIX), including tick size adjustments aimed at improving market dynamics and trading experience. Binances...

OpenAI Disbands Team Tackling AI Risks Amid Leadership Changes and GPT-4o Launch

OpenAI has dismantled its Superalignment team, initially formed to address AI risks, following the resignations of key leaders Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike. OpenAI Disbands Superalignment Team Days After Leaders Resign,...