From the September 01, 2010 issue of Futures Magazine • Subscribe!
TradingScreen Inc. added precious metals cash commodities to its financial instrument offering. www.tradingscreen.com
Eurex launched futures and options on Xetra-Gold, a zero-coupon bond denominated in euro and issued by Deutsche Börse Commodities GmbH. www.eurexchange.com
5 basic options strategies explained
Take your options trading beyond vanilla calls and puts to better manage risk with these five basic strategies.
New for Traders: CBOE launches 10-year Treasury volatility index
A wrap-up of new products and services from around the trading industry.
Dealers absorbing junk bonds as ETF demand drops
Wall Street banks are expanding holdings of speculative-grade bonds as prices fall from record highs with investors retreating from exchange-traded funds that buy the debt.
Yen short covering: More room to run?
The yen is now firmly above our key pivot level of 97.60, and we have a technical target on the upside at 100.24 to indicate we believe the short covering in the yen still has room to run.