Wednesday 4 September 2013

FX Trades of JP Morgan and Citi

The following is a list of JP Morgan's current open technical FX trades as of September 04, 2013.

- Long 2 units USD/JPY from 97.76 avg., target 101.50, stop at 97.85.

- Short 1 unit EUR/RUB from 43.822, add at 44.65, targets 40.00 & 37.20, stop at 45.60.

- Long 2 units USD/CAD from 1.0411 avg., target 1.0850, stop at 1.0430.

- Long 2 units USD/NOK from 5.6000 avg., target 7.500, stop at 5.8700.

- Long 1 unit CAD/JPY from 82.22, target 103.50, stop at 91.15.


Citibank is positioning ahead of the FOMC meeting on Sep 17-18 via adding a long USD/CHF trade to its portfolio via options.

"We buy a 2-week (September 18) 0.9450/0.9659/1.0050 USDCHF call fly in 1x1.5x0.5 notional for a cost of 0.3050%USD and spot reference (0.9365)," Citi clarifies.

"We allocate a 2%VaR risk weight to the position," Citi adds.


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oscarjp

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