Hail to the tweet! President Donald Trump is calling out OPEC and telling them now is the time to lower prices. The tweet this time had less of an oil price impact from previous tweets, as many are starting to realize OPEC can’t do much. The President tweeted that “The OPEC Monopoly must remember that […]
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Volatility trading is the term used to describe trading the velocity of movement in price of an underlying instrument rather than the direction of price. For example, you could trade the value of an equity index, but volatility trading typically means trading the expected velocity of movement. …read more From:: Resource Investor
Implied vs. Realized Volatility & the VIX Read More »
A daily summary of high-profile members of several complexes. …read more From:: Resource Investor
Afternoon look at gold, crude, Treasuries & more Read More »
The reality of life at a quantitative research shop is that our work has less to do with developing algorithms to predict the future and more with finding new ways to use already proven concepts, especially those contrarian ones found in behavioral finance. …read more From:: Resource Investor
Leveraging the herd mentality Read More »
After Monday’s price action, you’d be excused to think that today would have been a “risk-on” day. After all, the major stock averages ended Monday with relatively large green candles and there was some bullish follow-through at the European open. That’s why we thought gold’s earlier rally looked suspicious and that the metal could weaken
Stocks struggle in risk off trade Read More »
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo announced today that Matthew A. Daigler has joined the CFTC to serve as a Senior Counsel to the Chairman. Daigler will advise the Chairman on Commission matters, including the Chairman’s Swaps Regulation Version 2.0 agenda. …read more From:: Resource Investor
CFTC Chairman Giancarlo names Matthew A. Daigler senior counsel Read More »
The slight gains in U.S. equities on Monday failed to influence Asian investors as trade fears and the Renminbi’s slide continued to drive risk aversion. This sharp depreciation in the Chinese currency is worrying investors. In August 2015, the U.S. dollar/Canadian dollar (USD/CNY) currency pair appreciated from 6.21 to 6.44, a two-day gain of 3.85%.
Will China’s Renminbi ring the alarm bell? Read More »
The U.S. dollar ended higher for the third consecutive month in June and made a positive start to the new month and quarter on Monday. However, today it has given up Monday’s gains and was, therefore, trading flat on the week at the time of writing. …read more From:: Resource Investor
Gold boosted as profit-taking weighs on dollar Read More »
Nasdaq (NDAQ) announced on July 2 that it will launch a suite of interest rate products— DV01 U.S. Treasury Futures — on the Nasdaq Futures Exchange (NFX) by later this month pending regulatory approval. …read more From:: Resource Investor
Nasdaq offers a new & different interest rate future Read More »
Oh, say can you tweet, by the dawn’s early light? The global oil markets are still rolling after President Donald Trump tweeted that maybe the Saudis had agreed to increase output by as much as two million barrels to help replace Iranian supply that the Trump Administration wants to see at zero by early November.
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