Jan 23, 2017 12:28 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The speculators are advised to book profit on long Feb17 CME gold that we had advocated in the recent past reflecting the US political agenda ahead after Trumps oath ceremony, gold had a bit of a topsy-turvy day, declining...
Jan 23, 2017 11:45 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Trimming GBP forecasts by 2% on heightened political risk of a hard Brexit. EU membership court ruling is scheduled to be announced on Tuesday, the United Kingdoms high court is due to announce a ruling regarding the...
Jan 23, 2017 10:28 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
As we do not expect the USDJPY to exceed 126 (multiyear tops) in H12016 as more headwinds are surrounding Yen, especiallyowing to the strong US growth that likely to lead an aggressive Fed hikes and a spike in UST yields,...
FxWirePro: Achieve superfluous leverage in bullish USD/JPY scenario through option knock-ins
Jan 23, 2017 07:12 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The promise of an inflationary US policy mix impressively propelled the USDJPY to 118.665 in the recent past. The pullback has been sharp and it is now time to take a little step back. However, bullish USD/JPY scenario...
FxWirePro: Yen weaker among G10 pool, buzz in OTC owing to BoJ MPC meet
Jan 23, 2017 07:00 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
JPY has been the weakest within the G-10 camp, weakening 3.4% against the dollar and 2.8% in trade-weighted terms. Despite a larger-than-anticipated rally in USDJPY since the US polls, it is still believed that the rally...
FxWirePro: No room for BoC’s shift and EUR/CAD “Diagonal Debit Put Spread” for smart hedge
Jan 20, 2017 13:27 pm UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Following yesterdays Bank of Canada (BoC) meeting the question arises as to whether the central bank is still in control. Its view of the economic situation and therefore in the end also its future monetary policy...
FxWirePro: Deploy AUD/NZD vega puts in PRBS on hedging grounds
Jan 20, 2017 10:24 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Please be noted that the implied volatility of at the money contracts of this APAC pair has been inched up at shy above 7% for 3m tenors, while vega instruments of this tenor are signifying the hedgers interests in...
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