Yes, OandA does offer box options but I am trying to get vanilla options. I looked at the CME website to see liquidity in euro options but it is almost non-existant, kindoff surprised me. Is there any other way I can trade it through IB (changing brokers is too much of a hassle to just trade an idea at this moment). Maybe through some ETF or something (just rambling some thoughts) ??
I am no IB expert, so I can't tell you with any degree of certainty. And yes, indeed, liquidity in CME FX futures is crap, let alone options on futures. But I don't think there's anything you can do on IB. The other name I keep hearing mentioned in the context of vanilla options is Saxo, but I have no real idea about them.
World may have changed in the last 48 hours. China has moved to easing mode. Local gov'ts are beginning to defy Beijing and lifting property restrictions. Beijing is buying bank shares. Gov't is also opening up the credit taps again. Europe is not news anymore. Banks will be recapped, PIIGS will muddle along in misery.
Looks like the rumors on JPY CHFtization have started. I didn't profit from this but I'm glad I dodged a truck there
Meh, just a worldwide risk on move. USD/JPY is actually moving rather mildly compared to everything else. Story is China is back in easing mode.
Best to lock-in some profits on this spike. Will leave a small position on both of these pairs in case the run continues, but I'm going to take a large majority off the table, especially the AUD/JPY long.
Why is EURCHF down today? Why are Italian bond yields higher today (Italian 20 year yield now higher than the Aug/Sept panic).
Fed might publish their Taylor type rules http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-...may-link-stimulus-to-economic-mileposts-.html This is going to suck for me because its going to make Fed futures trading very predictable
Ugly trade number out of China today. Beijing will be pumping full bore soon. Be prepared to wake up to several easing announcements (and corresponding big moves higher in ES, EWH, AUD) over the coming weeks. Like the Fed during 2007/08, these actions will provide excellent opportunities to reload at better prices. A cut in rates in China isn't solving this thing.