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Today's Working Orders... 8/14/14
SELL USAU (30 yr. Bond Futures) @ 140.14
??SELL 1/2 Long GBP/USD @ 167.45 GTC
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Cancel the Bond Futures Sell order for overnight trade !!
"SELL USAU (30 yr. Bond Futures) @ 140.14"
I am pulling this order until tomorrow when I'll revisit the price action.
Good Working order......
SELL 1/2 Long GBP/USD @ 167.45 GTC
?I'll monitor this later this evening and write a stop.
For those of you who need to place a stop before the close to work overnight, use 166.45 stop.
This is a cash #.
The Futures were trading at an 8-9 tick discount most of today, which has been coming in (getting smaller) with the rally in the Bonds.
?Forwards...are the interest rate differential between 2 major currencies. The vig for delivery at a?future?date.
Essentially this is a cost of carry calculation based on the two?countries interest rate differential.
I.E.: a high yielding currency like the Aussie has a bigger forward or spread from the futres to cash.
For Medium Term Outlook click here.
?For Glossary of terms and abbreviations click here.
