by Ryan Littlestone | December 19th, 2018, 11:25:35 | News
Watch for changes to swap rates and margins over the Christmas period The extended holiday period over Christmas is the most illiquid time of the year. That can mean the costs of funding currencies can rise. This naturally feeds down the ladder to us retail traders....
by Ryan Littlestone | December 11th, 2018, 11:54:49 | News
Market clearing houses face a battle to regulate margin processes as volatility ramps up and machine trading increases The WSJ has an interesting piece out on how the current volatility in markets is playing havoc with margin calculations. The long and short of it is...
by Ryan Littlestone | December 10th, 2018, 12:03:53 | Brexit, News
Margins are already being hiked in some GBP markets Something to watch out for over the next few hours. We’ve been informed that CMC North America has doubled GBP margins to 8% from 4% effective end of day. It’s likely to be the same across all their...
