Mar 21, 2018 12:58 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views
The Brazilian central bank (BCB) holds monetary policy meeting tonight and would decide on its key rate. Well, thereve been a couple of factors that prompt for a further rate cut but also reasons for a pause. Moderate...
FxWirePro: Drivers and relative value trades for Scandinavian FX basket
Mar 21, 2018 12:45 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
We uphold long in NOKSEK in the spot and in option forms as Norway continues to deliver better news with the underlying message being that activity data is improving and inflation is firming, which in combination with a...
FxWirePro: Discovery of long Vega hedges via cheap FVA spreads
Mar 21, 2018 10:13 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The lack of many reactions from the likes of Antipodeans and loonie fetches out prospects to buy underpriced hedges via optionality. Most noticeably, aggregate USD-denominated implied correlations still trade near their...
FxWirePro: USD/KRW lucrative Theta themes for Double-No-Touch structures
Mar 21, 2018 08:24 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The trade protectionism theme that took place last week, shot back into focus as a potential major left tail risk for markets which got further aggravated by the subsequent retaliatory rhetoric from Europe and Asia....
Mar 21, 2018 06:03 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks
The two main events this week though are the FOMC meetingon Wednesdayand the BoE meetingThursday. In regards to the former, the Fed is fully expected to raise rates by 25bps, but the focus will be on the message from the...
FxWirePro: Delta-hedging for yellow metal price risks on lingering FOMC’s hiking risks
Mar 20, 2018 13:48 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
The yellow metal price would usually be sensitive to moves in both UST rates and USD. The gold prices would be more expensive for holders of foreign currency on the robustness of dollar, while a rise in U.S. rates lifts...
Mar 20, 2018 12:28 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Hedging strategy: 3-Way Options straddle versus Call Spread ratio: (Long 1: Long 1: Short 1) The execution: Initiate long in GBPAUD 1M at the money -0.49 delta put, long 1M at the money +0.51 delta call and...
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