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Daily Archives: September 23rd, 2013

Again, I felt that the strength in the AUD was unwarranted given the state of its economy compared to the US.  However, I also respect that the AUD is a safe haven currency and also because of the positive carry trade.

However, when the Ichimoku; Tenkan cut down on the Kinjun from the top at 0.9500, I decided to Buy a Put Option for 1 month at the money spot, breakeven at 0.9400 and a premium of 100bps.

I felt that the majors thrashing of the USD was overdone post FOMC and when the Ichimoku; Tenkan cut down on the Kinjun from the top at 1.6115, I decided to Buy a Put Option for 1 month at the money spot; premium of 125bps, breakeven at 1.5990.