by Ryan Littlestone | April 1st, 2020, 16:04:10 | News
FX volatility is still with us as liquidity drops due to the virus but what’s driving the lower rate of business? This is something we’ve been talking about in our trading room today. When we talk about FX markets, most of our focus is on large banks and... 
by Ryan Littlestone | March 19th, 2020, 13:12:33 | Central Banks, News
With rising talk about direct Forex intervention, what might central banks do? We like to be ahead of the game at ForexFlow, hence the warning about an increase in intervention talk 30 mins before two CB’s started talking about intervention 😉 But, how might that... 
by Ryan Littlestone | February 27th, 2020, 15:58:18 | Education, News
These markets aren’t trading rationally. If you don’t adapt, you’ll pay the price Let’s start by looking at some numbers. Globally, 1 in 3 people get flu each year, in most cases, it’s mild and people don’t even know they’ve... 
by Ryan Littlestone | February 13th, 2020, 18:02:48 | Central Banks, News
Banco De Mexico is expected to cut rates by 25bps to 7.0%. Here’s a preview from our South & Central American expert Jorge The majority of analysts believe the estimates for inflation will allow BANXICO to continue with decreases in the reference interest... 
by Ryan Littlestone | February 12th, 2020, 13:35:19 | News, Options
We at ForexFlow were on watch for a possible trade on a large option expiry A 2.12bn expiry at 0.6700 in AUDUSD caught our trading interest today, mainly because of its unusual make up. It’s only been put on since late Jan and has the signs that it’s... 
by Ryan Littlestone | February 6th, 2020, 12:51:21 | News
There’s lots of generalised chatter on the economic effects of the virus so let’s try to put them all together and into a trading perspective *This post has been updated at the bottom. Firstly, let’s remember the human implications of this. People...