Oct 17, 2016 12:00 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
Sterling bearish pressure still remains intact and has fallen more than 15% so far in trade-weighted terms since 23rd June. A raft of UK data releases later this week, including CPI, labor market statistics and retail...
Oct 14, 2016 13:16 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Commentary
Technically, major support is at $17.24/oz, the location of the 200-day moving average, which if broken on a closing basis could endanger the uptrend. For now, the next roughly year-and-one-half, we believe silver will...
FxWirePro: Scenario analysis of AUD/CAD covered straddles
Oct 14, 2016 11:45 am UTC| Research & Analysis
At the moment, if you have to observe theintermediate trend of AUDCAD, it seems to be bullish biased but restrained at 1.0134 and long-term trend has been non-directional. The intraday sentiments signal little buying...
Oct 14, 2016 08:32 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Nov/Dec US Elections and Fed calendars dominate the vol landscape until year end, dwarfing NFPs as vol risk events. On the option trade front among EMFX, we recommend positioning longs in USDZAR as the South African...
Oct 13, 2016 13:46 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
Gold prices plummeted considerably in the recent times; breaches $1,300 -1,250/oz support band on stale long liquidation and as improving economic data dents its safe-haven appeal. For today, attempting to show little...
Oct 13, 2016 11:13 am UTC| Research & Analysis
As widely anticipated, the NBP kept the main policy rate at 1.50%, while delivering a neutrally toned press statement followed by a rather bullish press conference by Governor Glapinski. This MPC remains to a large...
Oct 13, 2016 06:55 am UTC| Research & Analysis Commentary
The US elections only matter for EUR/USD if Trump factor prevails. Although US policy outcomes are quite binary on most issues (taxes, spending, energy policy, immigration) depending on whether Clinton or Trump prevails,...
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