Another dive into the abyss to open the week

Another dive into the abyss to open the week

FX pre-opening levels Sunday 12.10.2018 One hour before the open of the electronic markets it’s all misery. USD rallies sharply, risk getting a beating. All JPY and CHF crosses are trading lower. EURUSD trades 1.1371, cable 1.2750, USDUSD 0.7370, NZDUSD 0.6570,...
GBP surprisingly quiet on BOE day expiries

GBP surprisingly quiet on BOE day expiries

FX options expiry board 02.08.2018 USDJPY increasing, EURUSD the usuals continuing in current range (maybe not that tight range for too long anymore). AUD has another close one in 1B, been relatively active in AUD lately. USDCNH that 600M 6.80 and 6.90 is a call...
Sweating outside and in the markets this week

Sweating outside and in the markets this week

Friday 27.07.2018 FX closing rates It’s been a hot sweaty week here in London. The markets have reflected the outside temperatures: hot and hard work. We had hot data, hot CB’ers, not so hot politicians giving us fun and headaches at times … Finally...
GBP surprisingly quiet on BOE day expiries

A few billions flying around on US GDP day

FX options board on 27.07.2018 As announced and expected after ECB and US GDP, there’s stuff going on in the majors. In EURUSD and USDJPY case, a lot of them are straddles by the look of it(buying calls and puts same strike, same expiry). A typical pattern for 2...

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