Sunset Tuesday, January 31, 2023 Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report. Markets • European (Bond) markets this morning hesitated which card to play and this indecisiveness continued throughout the day . Risk-off sentiment spilling over from yesterday’s WS session initially helped bonds to rebound. However, European Read more…
Tuesday, 31 January 2023 Please click here to read the PDF version Markets • Spanish (headline) inflation unexpectedly ended a 5-month run of decline (5.8% Y/Y from 5.7% Y/Y) while core inflation accelerated to a new high (7.5% Y/Y from 7% Y/Y). Belgian fell from 10.35% Y/Y to 8.05% Y/Y Read more…
Sunset Monday, January 30, 2023 Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report. Markets • Spanish inflation served as an eyeopener this morning (details below). Price growth unexpectedly accelerated to 5.8% in January, missing the consensus by a full percentage point. It’s a reminder that we, the ECB or Read more…
Sunset Friday, January 27, 2023 Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report. Markets • Blackout periods for central bankers and a near empty eco calendar (outdated US PCE deflators and spending figures after yesterday’s GDP release) allow time to contemplate on next week’s central bank gatherings. Both Read more…
Friday, 27 January 2023 Please click here to read the PDF version Markets • US and European yields yesterday continued the bottoming out process that started earlier this week as investors are counting down to next week’s Fed and ECB policy meetings. The US Q4 GDP report was somewhat of Read more…
Sunset Thursday, January 26, 2023 Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report. Markets • Trading in core bonds and the major FX cross rates was mainly order driven this morning. With both the ECB and the Fed having entered the blackout period ahead of next week’s policy Read more…
Thursday, 26 January 2023 Please click here to read the PDF version Markets • Eco data were few yesterday and the outcome only gave limited directional guidance for global trading. German IFO business confidence (business climate rising from 88.6 to 90.2; expectations gaining from 83.2 to 86.4) confirmed the message Read more…
Sunset Wednesday, January 25, 2023 Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report. Markets • Germany’s January IFO business indicator came in close to expectations. The series recovered further from its previous slump, to 90.2 vs 90.3 expected. Companies considered the current situation broadly unchanged vs last month (94.1, Read more…
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (16th Jan) Trading Hours 2023 Please be aware of the altered trading hours around Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday in the US. Several permitted assessed Tryout products are affected. Trading halts have been brought forward to 12pm CT for some products and 13.30pm CT for Read more…
In this article we give the uninitiated a quick look into some of the stranger trading vocabulary you might come across when trading futures and bring you up to speed on the industry lingo and its origins. Spoofing Spoofing is a forbidden practice on regulated exchanges but you will still Read more…