Make Money Trading Earnings Announcements - San Francisco Chronicle

Make Money Trading Earnings Announcements San Francisco Chronicle For stocks, use a pairs trading strategy or hedge with a put option. SEE: Strategies For Quarterly Earnings Season The Bottom Line Many traders believe that trading around earnings announcements doesn't provide an attractive risk/reward proposition.

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Calm FX markets, but for how long? - FX-MM

Calm FX markets, but for how long? FX-MM Although the situation in Greece is still very worrying, it seems the markets are paying heed to the 'no news is good news' saying, with most of the major currency pairs trading in tight ranges. Lower volatility should persist this week in the absence ... and more »

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Wolverine Execution Services Launches New Multi-Asset Spread Trading Tool That ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Wolverine Execution Services Launches New Multi-Asset Spread Trading Tool That ... MarketWatch (press release) ... 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Wolverine Execution Services (WEX), a leading provider of premier technology and execution services, today announced the launch of WEX Spread Agent, an advanced trading applet focused on spread and pairs trading. and more »

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A generational shift in portfolio design - InvestmentNews

A generational shift in portfolio design InvestmentNews This can take a variety of forms, including active security selection, sector emphasis, pairs trading and capital structure arbitrage. In our current thinking, credit risk in the global fixed-income arena provides substantial opportunity for active ...

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Technical Yes, but Complicated No - Barron's

Technical Yes, but Complicated No Barron's Unlimited portfolios and watchlists will arrive with the next major upgrade, says Golden, along with additional risk and correlation measures useful in pairs trading and other strategies. A stop-loss feature isn't on the immediate horizon.

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Montreux Video: Andrew Cawker on protection in times of turmoil - Citywire.co.uk

Montreux Video: Andrew Cawker on protection in times of turmoil Citywire.co.uk Cawker, who runs a market neutral long/short equity fund, the BNY Mellon Absolute Return Equity fund, said pairs trading is a viable strategy but only when precise and robust hedges are put in place to guard against monutmenal market moves.

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Eurozone private sector manufacturing and services shrank more in April - Gant Daily

Eurozone private sector manufacturing and services shrank more in April Gant Daily It slid to 46.9, down from 49.2 in March. The eurozone seems to be heading toward a third consecutive quarter of contraction in gross domestic product. Release of Markit's PMI reports helped to keep the euro low in currency pairs trading against the ... and more »

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What About the Gold Miners ETF Instead of the Commodity Itself? - Minyanville.com

What About the Gold Miners ETF Instead of the Commodity Itself? Minyanville.com This analysis was done using Pairstrade.com and compares 3.5 shares of the gold miners ETF vs. one share of gold. So if there is an expectation that this gap will reverse, then playing a pairs trade will pay off. The great thing about that trade is it ... and more »

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IFIA opens Hong Kong office, alternative UCITS funds falter again, and Ignis ... - HedgeWeek

IFIA opens Hong Kong office, alternative UCITS funds falter again, and Ignis ... HedgeWeek ... liquid credit default swaps – in essence insurance contracts on the underlying instruments – and will look for relative value opportunities by exploiting price differentials via pairs trading (going long and short on securities in the same sector). and more »

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How High Frequency Trading is used to rip off smaller investors - Malaysia Chronicle

Malaysia Chronicle

How High Frequency Trading is used to rip off smaller investors Malaysia Chronicle "Proprietary trading takes in a number of unique strategies, including market making, arbitrage (ETFs, futures, options), pairs trading and others based on the linked trading of more than one asset class, eg, futures index and cash equities. and more »

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