FxWirePro: Myth and truth of EUR/USD gains, unearth facts from fiction
Aug 04, 2017 08:48 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks
In global FX market, everywhere you see the only trendy voice that you could hear is that the US dollar weaker, weaker, weaker. USD only moves in one direction at the moment that is southwards. Be it against EUR, JPY or...
Aug 04, 2017 07:00 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
ECB seems to be limiting the tractability: ECB President Draghi hinted at the last press conference, that the central bank had by in no manner casted-off all its missiles yet. He referred repeatedly to flexibility with...
Aug 03, 2017 12:39 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in the end, has delivered a 25bps policy rate cut. But more evidently the market doesnt seem to be satisfied yet, especially as RBI reiterated a neutral stance. While INR continues to...
FxWirePro: USD/JPY 1m skewness signals bearish risks and lures reverse knock-in spreads
Aug 03, 2017 12:25 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Please be noted that the positively skewed IVs of USDJPY of 1-month tenors signify the hedgers interests in OTM put strikes of 108 marks. While delta risk reversals have been flashing up the bearish neutral numbers,...
Aug 03, 2017 11:49 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
USDTRY bounced back from the lows of 3.5107 levels. But as you could observe, the trend has remained in a range from the last couple of weeks. Looking at USD/CEEMEA FX, we still see good chances of at least launching...
Aug 03, 2017 10:03 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Australias trade surplus narrowed 58 pct to AUD 0.86 billion in Jun2017 from a downwardly revised AUD 2.02 billion in May. The trade prints came in which has missed the market consensus of AUD 1.78 billion, as exports fell...
Aug 03, 2017 07:58 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks
Weve stated in our recent posts about euro positive skewness. But the options skew reflects the relative appetite for calls and puts, which only partly reflects pure directional expectations. The skew is primarily about...
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