FX Trading Desk / FX Options : some interests in the market to purchase EURUSD options early on... mostly at-the-money options, but also downside (EUR Puts). Most of these interests seem to be coming in from US investment houses.
FX Trading Desk / FX Options: AUDUSD options in demand this morning in the interbank market. Mainly seeing interest to buy 3 week - 1 month options with strikes around 0.9200. 09 May in particular, which includes a range of important numbers.
The AUDUSD vol curve is a touch higher, but Risk Reversals is still unchanged.
Commodities: Gold and oil has received another boost from the rising tensions in Eastern Ukraine where the governments deadline to pro-Russian separatists to lay down their arms and leave government buildings has passed with nothing happening yet. Gold reached a three week high at USD 1330.6/oz. in early European trading with the focus now on resistance at USD 1335/oz.
Gold speculators cut their bullish exposure by 7.4% to 98,492 contracts of futures and options during the week of April 8 while silver longs were left unchanged at just 5429 contracts. Total ETP holdings were reduced a fourth week in row, this time by 5.7 tons to 1745 tons (Bloomberg)
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