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Amid highly volatile economic environment, shielding currency exposure has become too risky than before. In this series we provide an intelligent insights and analysis on actionable FX derivative strategies that serve different levels of risk appetites and returns.

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: No new hedging business in Aussie FX OTC as IVs reduce ahead of RBA likely to remain unchanged

Apr 04, 2016 09:45 am UTC| Commentary

The RBA board convene tomorrow for monetary policy review. The expectation on the cash rate to remain unchanged, however, would be looking for any change to the Banks AUD commentary. There would be interest in the...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: EUR/CHF low volatility play with long put butterfly spreads

Apr 04, 2016 07:34 am UTC| Commentary

1W ATM IVs is at 3.9%, which is the least among G10 currency space. 25-risk reversals still indicates hedging activities for bearish risks. Technically, the pair drifts in range between upper strikes at 1.0319 and...

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FxWirePro: EUR/JPY IVs fade away but risk reversals still favours put holders - OTM delta instruments for hedging

Apr 04, 2016 06:15 am UTC| Commentary

You can observe the reducing hedging interest as current IVs of ATM contracts are collapsing below 8.5%, shrunk away after no significant economic data releases and especially after central bank policies from both euro and...

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FxWirePro: EUR/JPY rejects resistance, breaks support, sloping channel extends and leading oscillators converge, what else is needed?

Apr 04, 2016 05:31 am UTC| Technicals

The price has rejected below 128.189 levels (see bearish candle with big real body on Friday). It has continued to drop below supports at 127.034 levels (around Fridays low and 7EMA). As you can observe monthly and...

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FxWirePro: Watch out for more bearish USD/CHF as break-out below 0.9655 is convincing - leveraged yields in digital ATM puts

Apr 01, 2016 14:57 pm UTC| Technicals

Weekly technical briefing: The pair could not hold onto major supports at 0.9823, 0.9776 and now at 0.9652 levels, as a result you could see bearish candles with big real bodies. The current prices have slipped below...

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FxWirePro: Is FX OTC really exist for EUR/CHF?, 1W IVs least among G20 space - uphold

Apr 01, 2016 13:20 pm UTC| Research & Analysis

Execution: Short 1W (1%) OTM Put and Short 1W (1%) OTM Call Market Outlook: Less Volatile Lower IVs of ATM contracts have been lacklustre, 4.8% for 1W expiry (the least among G20 currency space). and seems like huge...

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FxWirePro: AUD/NZD ATM IVs likely to favour option writers in calendar backspreads for hedging

Apr 01, 2016 09:12 am UTC| Technicals

ATM IVs of 1W expiries are at 9.13%, and 9.74% for 1M tenor. Technically, we are seeing stiff resistances at 1.1121 and 1.1290 levels. You evaluate the IVs of 1W expiries with different ITM strikes and their...

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Economy

South Korea Industry Minister Heads to Washington Amid U.S. Tariff Hike Concerns

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Asia Stocks Pause as Tech Earnings, Fed Signals, and Dollar Weakness Drive Markets

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Dollar Struggles as Policy Uncertainty Weighs on Markets Despite Official Support

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Politics

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Science

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Senate Sets December 8 Vote on Trump’s NASA Nominee Jared Isaacman

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee announced it will vote on December 8 on President Donald Trumps renewed nomination of private astronaut and tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Isaacman, known for his...

NASA Cuts Boeing Starliner Missions as SpaceX Pulls Ahead

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Technology

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Microsoft AI Spending Surge Sparks Investor Jitters Despite Solid Azure Growth

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