LatAm FX carry trade shrugs off geopolitical fears – FX Markets Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Clients in regional carry positions remain undeterred by US interventions, say dealers Increased geopolitical instability in Latin America in recent weeks has failed to dissuade investors from putting on foreign exchange carry trades linked to […]
Rollercoaster year for FX traders ends with G10 volatility and hedging flows back where they started Source link
The crypto market has endured its share of sharp corrections, but the October 10 liquidation event, with nearly $19 billion erased in hours, marked an important turning point. The scale was historic, but the outcome was not the systemic breakdown that defined 2022. Instead, it was a real-time stress test that the market, broadly speaking,
If the first half of 2025’s currency markets were characterised by record-breaking months of volumes and volatility, the back half of the year has been defined by a range-bound US dollar, promoting an environment for carry trades in emerging markets (EM), particularly in Latin America, to take off. Positioning in these strategies normally builds when
Interbank foreign exchange swaps trading has stagnated since 2022, as banks turn to the forwards market for their short-term liquidity needs, according to the Bank for International Settlements. FX swaps remain the largest segment of the FX market with average turnover of $4 trillion a day as of April 2025, a rise of 6% since
BofA, Reactive Markets pick up Risk.net awards – FX Markets Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content US bank wins FX house for performance during Liberation Day, while Reactive Markets takes OTC trading platform prize Bank of America picked up the currency derivatives house of the year award in sister publication Risk.net’s annual
Dealers might be nearing their capacity for Turkish lira options-based carry trades, as liquidity pressures, market risk and unwind concerns begin to constrain the amount of new trading they can support. The lira carry trade has been a favoured strategy among hedge funds and institutional investors this year, owing to the whopping 40% carry on
Institutional investors take profit on gold trades – FX Markets Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Hedge funds trimmed longs after gold rally and triggered massive market selloff Following a 50% year-to-date rally in gold prices to more than $4,000 an ounce, institutional investors have begun closing some of their long positions
Foreign exchange sales desks may have taken solace in the Bank for International Settlements’ (BIS) recent report showing a surge in FX turnover this year. With average daily volumes exceeding $9 trillion a day, this new representation of the status quo marks a milestone for the market. The desks may be less enthusiastic further down
As the ultimate safe haven, gold prices sitting at all-time highs can often be indicative of widespread panic. Yet the options market tells a different story, with the metal’s 43% year-to-date gains coming on surprisingly low volatility, suggesting investors are building positions without a disorderly scramble and there may be more upside to come. Spot
Within ING’s foreign exchange business, a special algorithm has the job of looking out for signals that might indicate an abrupt, unexpected shift in the market, and adjusting the bank’s prices accordingly. On July 16, that algo had to earn its corn: reports spread that US president Donald Trump was planning to fire the chair
The investors who aren’t fretting over Trump’s stat sulk – FX Markets Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Some see dismissal of statistics agency chief as an assault on US institutional integrity; for others it offers a chance to throw off outdated methods When the US Bureau of Labor Statistics revised down
In the first half of 2025, the combination of US tariff announcements and fiscal and monetary policy uncertainty led to volatility in foreign exchange markets not seen since early 2020. During this period, FX central limit order books (Clobs) proved vital to traders for managing their risk, providing market transparency, deep liquidity and execution reliability,
Hedge funds that bet the yen would materially weaken following last weekend’s Japanese election were left disappointed after prime minister Shigeru Ishiba announced he would stay on, despite his ruling coalition party losing control of the country’s upper house. Going into the election, investors had turned bearish on the yen, holding roughly $1.1 billion in
For years, bitcoin was seen as a speculative outlier: volatile, loosely regulated, and detached from the macroeconomic fundamentals that drive traditional asset classes. Today, we’re seeing something different. Bitcoin is not just part of the global investment conversation, it also responds to it in real time. New research from LMAX Group, based on millisecond-level data
US mutual funds and exchange-traded funds went into April’s tariff turmoil holding the highest net long US dollar position in recent years. According to FX Markets’ Counterparty Radar data, mutual funds’ net long USD notional position, via foreign exchange forwards, stood at $455.7 billion by the end of the first quarter, the highest long USD position
Taiwanese life insurers are expected to increase foreign exchange hedging after recent tariff-driven market volatility led to losses on their US dollar-denominated assets. Despite fears that the Taiwan dollar’s recent rally might be more than a short-term fluctuation, high hedging costs have so far delayed action – even as a lack of domestic investment alternatives means
