“Liberation Day” Brings High Volumes, Benchmark Delay, in FX Markets
The so-called “Liberation Day” when President Trump unveiled a long – and at times bizarre (Heard and McDonald Islands actually… Read More »
The so-called “Liberation Day” when President Trump unveiled a long – and at times bizarre (Heard and McDonald Islands actually… Read More »
Following the positive news from the first group of platforms to report data, CME Group has also unveiled a strong… Read More »
Following the ninth annual J.P. Morgan e-Trading Edit, which this year surveyed over 4.200 traders globally, Scott Wacker, global head… Read More »
The arrest last week of a likely rival to Turkish president Erdogan prompted a sharp rally in USD/TRY, which hit… Read More »
Confidence among global derivatives market participants soared in the first quarter of the year as the second Trump presidency brought… Read More »
There are many out there who believe that FX is, inevitably, following equities in market structure terms, but yet again,… Read More »
It is, obviously, very hard to predict how long the current volatile environment in FX markets will last (when is… Read More »
Corporates are suffering higher losses on their unhedged FX risk and are looking to FX options to alleviate the pain… Read More »
Following my column to start the year, I am indebted to a friend who shared some high level data with… Read More »
The ninth annual JP Morgan e-Trading Edit finds, unsurprisingly given geopolitical machinations, that inflation and tariffs are top of mind… Read More »
Sorry everyone but this is going to be an old-school rant – I try very hard not to compare today’s… Read More »
Increased volatility that followed the calling of the US election provided a boon to FX platforms, with four reporting a… Read More »
Our video series talking to the next generation of managers in the FX world continues with a very entertaining discussion… Read More »
Further evidence of the boost to FX platforms’ business from the volatility in August is provided in the data released… Read More »
Data published by two platforms provides an interesting insight into FX market behaviour during market upheaval, reinforcing the sense that,… Read More »
A new paper published by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) as part of its Bulletin series, takes an early… Read More »
The global market meltdown that started on Monday last week and in subsequent days saw volatility spike across asset classes… Read More »
Much has been made about how different roles in the FX market have changed, evolution tends to make that happen,… Read More »
There is a strange thing happening in foreign exchange, according to Eva Szalay: it’s possible to get people to passionately… Read More »
CME Group’s FX futures and options product suite had their usual roll month bounce, while EBS bounced back from February’s… Read More »
Continuing a theme of its regular surveys, the latest report from MillTechFX – this time on European corporates – argues… Read More »
While the 2024 edition of the JP Morgan e-Trading Edit has the expected concerns over volatility and liquidity at the… Read More »
Volume data from CME Group shows that both the FX futures and options product suite and the OTC EBS platforms,… Read More »
TP Icap’s data and analytics division, Parameta Solutions, has launched a new family of interest rate swap volatility indices that… Read More »
The latest Global FX Microstructure in Review published by Bank of America suggests that FX markets calmed down in Q2,… Read More »
An easing dollar has helped reduce the bottom-line impact on corporate earnings, according to the latest quarterly Currency Impact Report… Read More »
Sometimes, I hear an idea so ostensibly silly, I feel the need share it – and today is your lucky… Read More »
Macro hedge funds again managed to eke out gains amidst a much tougher environment for hedge funds generally, according to… Read More »
After a challenging month, Macro strategies bounced back strongly during the market turmoil of April to lead hedge fund performance… Read More »
The latest Global FX Microstructure in Review paper from Bank of America, highlights a first quarter of 2023 in FX… Read More »
Following the release of the seventh annual JP Morgan e-Trading Edit, which polls traders’ views of key market structure and… Read More »
The seventh edition of the JP Morgan e-Trading Edit, which surveys traders for their key issues in markets, finds that… Read More »
Bank of America’s latest FX market structure analysis finds that conditions in the FX market remained elevated after several events… Read More »
The increased volatility in markets generally has seen clearing firms become more proactive in margin calls on clients and a… Read More »
The Bitcoin bulls are back with a bang, accompanied by the usual predictions, but are they missing a point with… Read More »
For a second year in succession co-founder of The Full FX, Colin Lambert was invited on the 360T podcast to… Read More »
To the irritation of most of my regular readers (you’re a rough lot) I am determined to end the year… Read More »
A new report from MillTechFX finds that challenges are increasing for fund managers thanks, unsurprisingly, to the increasingly volatile nature… Read More »
Is the real danger to cryptocurrency values not the trust (or lack of) factor involved in another firm blowing up,… Read More »
Yet again we are reading about a corporation suffering losses thanks to FX derivatives, and yet again the product in… Read More »
The next week or so will see both EBS and Refinitiv release their volume data for September and both should… Read More »
These are certainly different times in the FX market compared to what we have all become used to, and for… Read More »
The price action in Cable on Monday morning in Asia has led some to question whether the FX market saw… Read More »
Digital asset ECN DeFinity Markets has launched an hourly crypto market anomaly signals service to enhance the current daily offering… Read More »
Why the FX industry should not follow the all-to-all, fully transparent, equities style market structure, part 106. Just when we… Read More »
CME Group has started real-time streaming of its suite of volatility indices (CVOL), allowing investors to keep an up to… Read More »
Digital asset prime brokerage and exchange Bequant has launched the Bequant Dollar Index (BQDI), which measures the dollar’s strength against… Read More »
There have been hints that regulation is forcing banks’ to widen their FX swaps pricing, not least the Bank for… Read More »
Even with the tremendous volatility in the sector, there are many more traditional hedge funds investing in crypto and more… Read More »
Stablecoins – discuss. At least I have one ‘W’ under my belt when Galen Stops and I reconvene to assess… Read More »