Kauri
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Yep.........
I saw it to Kauri,
put a couple contracts long when i saw it breaking resistence,
tightish stop in place in case it cant manage to hold it push see where this goes.
Hey guys... do you use any trading systems when you trade the Aussie Dollar? All I see in this thread is a lot of technical talk... hehe
What software/dealer are your charts from Kauri and Trade-It?
I've watched the dollar go from 85 cents last night to where it is now around 84.08 cents... I just heard some analyst on TV say that the dollar remains volatile and it can keep going up or crashing down... What's your take?
Buy AUD/USD 1-month butterflies to position for market doldrums into N. Hemisphere summer: exploit vol spike with strictly limited-risk play to take in premium, capture time decay, earn high yield if spot behaves.
Sell July 31 AUD/USD ATMF (0.8425) straddle from 7.60% vol, buy 10-delta (0.8157/0.8695) strangle from 8.10% for net credit of 135 USD pips, or $135,000 on AUD10 million notional - getting long the 10-delta butterfly for 0.50 vol point.
Maximum risk limited to difference between straddle strike and strangle's high or low strike. Set low strike below expected support, high strike above expected resistance. Traders can morph exposure to suit changing views as butterfly is equivalent to call spread plus put spread, as well as short straddle plus long strangle.
If AUD/USD vols decline but spot looks biased higher, butterfly holder could buy back short ATMF call, sell the OTM call, effectively taking profits on short call spread, retaining short put spread.
For those comfortable with outright negative gamma and confident AUD/USD spot will regain composure, consider selling ATMF straddle outright initially, waiting for vols to fall before adding long wing vol. This improves position's risk:reward but exposes trader to unbounded risk until long strangle is added.
Traders can also leg into butterfly by selling call spread at top of expected spot range, waiting for spot to fall near expected support before completing butterfly by selling put spread. This also improves risk:reward, while keeping exposure strictly limited to difference between strikes.
Thanks Trade_It aka Joseph...
I found this commentary in the news section of CMC's software:
Is there anyone out there that can explain this analysis? It sounds like they're talking about options or forwards on the currency position...
I just sold out a few minutes ago at .8272 where it was hitting my resistance level.
I took the trade around 3pm today because the Aussie looked like it was double bottoming out on the 5min time frame and bought around 8.216 but didn't read the signal properly as it went down to around 8.208 before moving up. It has now moved up very strongly and seems to be bottoming out on the short term charts.
I just sold out a few minutes ago at .8272 where it was hitting my resistance level.
I haven't put up a chart because I'm using Chart station (which is a free online charting software) and I don't know how to save the charts onto my computer. I wish it was a bit more functional but it has enough to get the job done.
I did post the trade around 3pm but must have done something wrong submitting it because it hasn't showed up.
If someone could post a chart it would be great.
Daniel
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