Well, 2016 has started off with a bang. a piece by Patrick Graham of Reuters got some inside quotes from brokers in the trenches as China's yuan currency hit its lowest in more than 4 years in both onshore and offshore Renminbi. The culprit of the volatility? Downbeat Chinese economic data. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite shed 6.9%,…
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Read moreIn the wake of European market turmoil, exchanges and venues in Japan, China and Hong Kong, with the backing of global regulators, are busily adding products to their ranges which aim to attract European, Middle Eastern and American retail and institutional traders to increasingly strong markets. LeapRate takes a detailed look at the developments
Read moreBGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP), a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, today announced that it has launched BGC Trader for Yen Interest Rate Swaps ("IRS"). BGC is the first interdealer broker to launch a fully electronic platform for the Yen IRS market. This new market offering utilizes BGC Trader, BGC's…
Read moreIn Swissquote’s Monday short term technical trading report, the research team outlines the major technical levels of popular currency instruments with forecasts, below is the outline for USD/JPY and AUD/USD. To view and download the entire report, click here (PDF). USD/JPY: Challenging its support at 114.06 • USD/JPY has failed to break the hourly resistance at 115.52 (06/11/2014…
Read moreIn Swissquote’s Wednesday short term technical trading report, the research team outlines the major technical levels of popular currency instruments with forecasts, below is the outline for USD/JPY and AUD/USD. To view and download the entire report, click here (PDF). USD/JPY: Challenging the support at 108.01 • USD/JPY has weakened near the major resistance at…
Read moreIn Swissquote’s Thursday short term technical trading report, the research team outlines the major technical levels of popular currency instruments with forecasts, below is the outline for USD/JPY and Gold. To view and download the entire report, click here (PDF). USDJPY: Pushing higher • USD/JPY has confirmed its underlying uptrend by making new highs. The…
Read moreIn Swissquote’s Wednesday short term technical trading report, the research team outlines the major technical levels of popular currency instruments with forecasts, below is the outline for GBP/USD and GBP/JPY. To view and download the entire report, click here (PDF). GBP/USD: Approaching the resistance at 1.6340 • GBP/USD is getting closer to its resistance at…
Read moreIn Swissquote’s Thursday short term technical trading report, the research team outlines the major technical levels of popular currency instruments with forecasts, below is the outline for EUR/USD and USD/JPY. To view and download the entire report, click here (PDF). EUR/USD - Pausing • EUR/USD is trying to bounce from its oversold decline. However, the…
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