BRAZIL: Lula Administration Ready for Dialogue with White House
Aug-07 10:37
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SONIA: Ratio Put vs Call
Jul-08 10:36
SFIZ5 96.15p x2 vs 96.50c x1, sold the Call at -2.75 in 4k.
EQUITIES: Large outright Commerzbank Put Option
Jul-08 10:34
- CBK (18/12/26) 24p, bought for 3.75 in 20k.
As a side note, more interestingly there's a HUGE 472.4k worth of OI in the 20p, of the same expiry.
US TSY FUTURES: CFTC Shows A Managers Extend Net Long, Funds Add To Net Short
Jul-08 10:28
The latest CFTC CoT report showed asset manager net longs in FV, TY & UXY futures hit record levels in the week of July 1, with net longs also added in TU futures. Meanwhile, the cohort marginally trimmed net longs in both US & WN futures. Over $40mln of DV01 exposure was added to the cohort’s curve-wide net long.
- Leveraged funds added to net shorts in all contracts outside of US futures. The cohort added ~$10mln DV01 to its curve-wide net short, with net shorts in UXY futures hitting a record level.
- Broader non-commercial accounts extended net shorts across the curve (further details in the table below).
Source: MNI - Market News/CFTC/Bloomberg Finance L.P.
