FX Options Discussion

Our goal is to provide traders looking for a deeper understanding of currency options, with a single-point of access to complimentary trading ideas, tools, breaking news and market commentary, live webinars and other important resources.

We’d like to get your thoughts on FX Options. What is your biggest hurdle to trading this instrument?

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FX Options are currently listed in 10 currency pairs, with dual conventions offered for four pairs. The USD-based, or "per US$," currency convention is available for all 10 pairs and allows investors to express their views on the strength or weakness of the U.S. dollar relative to global currencies. The "in US$" currency convention is the inverse of the USD-based convention.

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How are FX Options valued? What are the most common pricing models? How do these models take into account interest rates? Get back to basics in options trading. Join Steve Meizinger, Director of Education at the ISE with over 20 years experience, as he provides an options refresher specifically geared toward FX traders. In this session Steve will discuss how FX Options are priced, taking into account options risk exposure (Greeks) and interest rates. Steve will also provide specific examples on how to price FX Options.

Euro/yen currency options fell in Tokyo Friday as market participants looked to sell hedges against falls in the common currency after European Union leaders overnight pledged support for fiscally troubled Greece.
But with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy saying euro-zone countries would not extend immediate financial assistance to Greece, lingering concerns could prompt players to buy euro-downside hedges again next week.

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What factors influence the price of an option? How can understanding the “Greeks” help you manage your expectations in the currency market? Get back to basics in options trading. Join Steve Meizinger, Director of Education at the ISE with over 20 years experience, as he provides an options refresher specifically geared toward FX traders. In this session Steve will discuss the Greeks and how they can help you help you forecast the next currency move. Steve will help you better understand this risk measure, which indicate how exposed an option is to time-value decay, implied volatility and changes in the underlying price of the commodity. Steve will look at four "Greek" risk measures - delta, theta, vega and gamma - and review some related option characteristics that will help you better understand the Greeks.

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Not sure which way the markets are moving? Expecting increased volatility? Join Mike Tosaw, a top options instructor and Registered Representative at Know Your Options, as he discusses longer-term options strategies that help you play the currency markets with limited risk using FX Options. Mike will also cover the psychology of trading straddles and strangles, trade management and how to develop effective trading tactics that takes into consideration your market forecast, risk tolerance and investment objectives. Mike will also discuss what kind of strategies investors can employ to hedge against currency moves.

TRADING CENTRAL's FX OPTIONS TREND OPINIONS
12:17 GMT - 7:17 NYT - Monday, February 22, 2010

ISE Mexican Peso OUTLOOK
PZO (USD/MXN on ISE): USD rebound in sight

Our forecast: Up move towards 132.50 or even 137.50.
Comment: The pair is approaching its channel lower boundary as the RSI remains supported by a MT rising trend line.

To leverage our Trend Opinion on the ISE Mexican Peso we can use different options :

1. Buy PZO Apr 10 133 Calls (PZO Apr 17 '10 $133 Call)
2. Buy PZO Apr 10 130 Calls (PZO Apr 17 '10 $130 Call)
3. Buy PZO Jun 10 142 Calls (ZCM Jun 19 '10 $142 Call)

Click here to view supporting charts and data for our trend opinion : http://www.fxoptions.com/Site/NewTrendOpinions.aspx

Get a look ahead at the currency markets. Join Jason Ayres, a leading instructor and founder of Optionsource.net, every Monday morning for a Weekly Outlook on the Forex markets, with a focus on FX Options. Jason discusses support and resistance levels for the U.S. dollar versus some of the most widely traded currencies. Jason also shares his views on the most commonly used technical indicators. What are the trends telling us?http://www.fxoptions.com/Site/FXOpti...lyOutLook.aspx

Canadian Dollar OUTLOOK: USD rebound in sight
Buy CDD Calls

TRADING CENTRAL's FX OPTIONS TRADE ALERT

ISE Canadian Dollar OUTLOOK
15:26 GMT - 10:26 NYT - Tuesday, February 23, 2010 CDD (USD/CAD on ISE): USD rebound in sight

Our forecast: Up move towards 107.50 or even 111.25.
Comment: The RSI is supported by a rising trend line, the pair should rebound on its support and should reach its next resistance.

To leverage our Trend Opinion on the ISE Canadian Dollar currency rate we selected the following strategy.

Buy CDD Apr 10 105.5 Calls (CNJ Apr 17 '10 $105.50 Call)

Click here to view supporting charts and data for our trade alert : http://www.fxoptions.com/Site/NewTradeAlerts.aspx

LIVE WEBINAR AT 4:30 PM NEW YORK TIME
John Jagerson on "Timing Your FX Options Entry & Exit Points using Fibonacci Analysis"
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Which way is the U.S. dollar headed? What are the trends telling us? Learn how to use Fibonacci Analysis to identify profit targets, initial stops or hedges for FX Options. Join John Jagerson, a renowned author and Forex trader, as well as founder and contributor to LearningMarkets.com, as he discusses how to identify and set profit targets using Fibonacci retracement levels for the major currencies. John will also provide specific examples of different strategies available to FX Options and their unique benefits. Your analysis will vary due to individual risk tolerance, personal preference and experience. John will help you understand the concepts so that you can go out and adjust them in the live market.

Learn to trade your views. Get exposure to some of the most widely traded currencies. Apply the same trading and hedging strategies you use for equity and index options, including spreads with up to four legs. ISE FX Options are cash-settled in U.S. dollars, European exercised, and can be traded from your existing brokerage account.

John Jagerson is an active writer, Forex trader and is founder of LearningMarkets.com. John has worked in the capital markets and private equity for most of his career—including investing, writing, money management, and was Vice President of Content for INVESTools (SWIM). John funded his first private placement in 1998. His experience in the Forex began as the owner of an import/export firm, and it quickly became a major focus for risk control and profit opportunities. His book, “Profiting with Forex”, was recently published by McGraw Hill. He has been a featured profile in BusinessWeek’s Stock Trader newsletter and has been published several times in numerous online and offline periodicals. He is actively involved in managing his own stock, options, futures, and Forex portfolio and is a managing principal of Ouroboros Capital Management, LLC, an NFA member firm. John has a B.S. in Business Administration in and completed the PLD program at Harvard Business School in 2006.
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Webinar Archive Posting: John Jagerson "Timing Your FX Options Entry & Exit Points using Fibonacci Analysis". www.fxoptions.com/events

Webinar Archive Posting: Cyril Berkouk from Trading Central on "Understanding Moving Averages and Trend Lines”

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What’s the best way to read trend lines, moving average, Bollinger bands? Join Trading Central’s top Forex analyst, Cyril Berkouk as he provides his latest opinion on where the markets are headed. Cyril will also help to break down some of the most complex terminology and charting tools used to forecast the next currency moves provided in Trading Central’s alerts. Cyril will also share his methodology for trading FX Options. Trading Central’s FX Options Trade Alert program enjoys a 1,253% rate of success since its inception in August 2007. FX Options Trade Alerts are based on technical analysis that identifies patterns in the foreign currency market. Subscribers receive timely options trading ideas, complete with in-depth analysis for each trade. Trading Central is one of the Best Performing Equity Research Firms, as measured independently by INVESTARS.

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TRADING CENTRAL's FX OPTIONS TREND OPINIONS
12:25 GMT - 7:25 NYT - Monday, March 01, 2010

ISE British Pound OUTLOOK
GBP (GBP/USD on ISE): further GBP/USD weakness in sight.

Our forecast: Down move towards 145 or even 137.50.
Comment: The pair has broken below its support and should face a further weakness as the RSI is badly directed.

To leverage our Trend Opinion on the ISE British Pound we can use different options :

1. Buy GBP Apr 10 150 Puts (YGP Apr 17 '10 $150 Put)
2. Buy GPB Apr 10 151 Puts (YGP Apr 17 '10 $151 Put)
3. Buy GBP May 10 150 Puts (YGP May 22 '10 $150 Put)

Click here to view supporting charts and data for our trend opinion : http://www.fxoptions.com/Site/NewTrendOpinions.aspx

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Get a look ahead at the currency markets. Join Jason Ayres, a leading
instructor and founder of Optionsource.net, every Monday morning for a Weekly Outlook on the Forex markets, with a focus on FX Options. Jason discusses support and resistance levels for the U.S. dollar versus some of the most widely traded currencies. Jason also shares his views on the most commonly used technical indicators. What are the trends telling us?

Live Webinar! Join Toni Hansen on "Successful Market Timing for FX Options" https://ise.webex.com/ise/onstage/g.php?p=0&t=m
U.S. dollar strength or weakness? What’s your view? Learn simple technical patterns for spotting trends in the market. Join Toni Hansen, one of the most respected technical analysts and traders in the industry as she shares her unique trading style and time-tested techniques to identify and profit from a wide variety of market positions. Toni will discuss how you can improve your market timing and achieve consistent profitability. Toni’s unique style relies on a combination of time frames and identifying patterns within other patterns to aid in the most precise entry and exit timing possible. Using her simple methodology of how you can set reasonable targets prior to entering a trade, as well as accurately predict the time frame in which these levels will hit in order to maximize your profit potential. Toni takes technical analysis beyond all the indicators and patterns of traditional analysis and explores price and momentum development. Toni will help you identify strategies and tactics that are great for any market condition.

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TRADING CENTRAL's FX OPTIONS TRADE ALERT

ISE Canadian Dollar OUTLOOK
14:40 GMT - 9:40 NYT - Thursday, March 04, 2010 CDD (USD/CAD on ISE): USD rebound expected

Our forecast: Up move towards 105.40 or even 107.75.
Comment: The RSI is supported by a rising trend line, the pair should rebound on its strong support.

To leverage our Trend Opinion on the ISE Canadian Dollar currency rate we selected the following strategy.

Buy CDD Apr 10 103.50 Calls (CNJ Apr 17 '10 $103.50 Call)

Click here to view supporting charts and data for our trade alert:

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TRADING CENTRAL's FX OPTIONS TREND OPINIONS
12:5 GMT - 7:5 NYT - Monday, March 08, 2010

ISE Swedish Krona OUTLOOK
SKA (USD/SEK on ISE): further USD/SEK weakness expected

Our forecast: Down move towards 70 or even 67.50.
Comment: The RSI is breaking below its rising trend line, the pair is challenging its bearish flag lower boundary.

To leverage our Trend Opinion on the ISE Swedish Krona we can use different options :

1. Buy SKA Apr 10 72 Puts (SKA Apr 17 '10 $72 Put)
2. Buy SKA Apr 10 73 Puts (SKA Apr 17 '10 $73 Put)
3. Buy SKA May 10 72 Puts (SKA May 22 '10 $72 Put)

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Get a look ahead at the currency markets. Join Jason Ayres, a leading instructor and founder of Optionsource.net, every Monday morning for a Weekly Outlook on the Forex markets, with a focus on FX Options. Jason discusses support and resistance levels for the U.S. dollar versus some of the most widely traded currencies. Jason also shares his views on the most commonly used technical indicators. What are the trends telling us?
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Where is the U.S. dollar headed? How can technical analysis help you spot currency moves? Join John Person, a professional trader and author of several popular trading books, as he shares his unique methodology for trading the currency markets using FX Options. John will discuss how to develop an options strategy by spotting patterns in the markets. John will also explain how to predict highs and lows of market price moves using these trading techniques. John will also review how to complete your technical analysis of the market by determining your points of support and resistance from past price action, Pivot Point analysis and other technical indicators.
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