Another Gold Trade Idea
05 October, 2009 by Stephen Leahy
Boston Oct 5 16:46 EST
"The odds are in your favor." Those were the words of a friend on a Buy-Side Buy-Side The buy-side is comprised of firms in the financial industry that purchase securities and are accompanied by account investment managers, pension funds, and hedge funds.The buy-side is composed of those that buy and invest large sums of securities with the intention of generating a lucrative return or have their funds managed. The Buy-Side ExplainedIn terms of Wall Street, the buy-side includes investment institutions that purchase securities, stocks, or other financial instruments with the aim of satisfying their client’s portfolio demands. Through the analysis and acquisition of underpriced assets, buy-side entities purchase these assets with the prediction that they will appreciate. Moreover, the largest buy-side participants include firms such as BlackRock, The Vanguard Group, and UBS Group to name a few. It is important to note that firms such as BlackRock are able to influence market prices as a result of placing large investments under single entities while the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires a quarterly 13-F filing for all holdings bought or sold by buy-side managers. What differentiates buy-side investors from other traders would be the advantages that are yielded to them. Buy-side investors not only have access to a much broader range of trading resources and market insight but also tend to possess decreased trading costs through large lot acquisitions. To sum up, firms work with buy-side analysts to provide research recommendations that are kept exclusive to those participants of the firm while all analysts are overseen by regulations set forth by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). The buy-side is comprised of firms in the financial industry that purchase securities and are accompanied by account investment managers, pension funds, and hedge funds.The buy-side is composed of those that buy and invest large sums of securities with the intention of generating a lucrative return or have their funds managed. The Buy-Side ExplainedIn terms of Wall Street, the buy-side includes investment institutions that purchase securities, stocks, or other financial instruments with the aim of satisfying their client’s portfolio demands. Through the analysis and acquisition of underpriced assets, buy-side entities purchase these assets with the prediction that they will appreciate. Moreover, the largest buy-side participants include firms such as BlackRock, The Vanguard Group, and UBS Group to name a few. It is important to note that firms such as BlackRock are able to influence market prices as a result of placing large investments under single entities while the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires a quarterly 13-F filing for all holdings bought or sold by buy-side managers. What differentiates buy-side investors from other traders would be the advantages that are yielded to them. Buy-side investors not only have access to a much broader range of trading resources and market insight but also tend to possess decreased trading costs through large lot acquisitions. To sum up, firms work with buy-side analysts to provide research recommendations that are kept exclusive to those participants of the firm while all analysts are overseen by regulations set forth by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). Read this Term desk when I mentioned to him that I see the charts of Gold showing a sell signal at the top of the channel that we have been in lately. My point being....that is all I can ask for. No one knows what the outcome will be. As a trader, you put some sort of analysis to a situation, assess the upside and downside, and either place the trade or not. So let's see what we are talking about here.
We mentioned a few weeks ago that we thought there were Stop Loss levels in the $1,020 - $1,030 range and that we would short Gold (current bid $1,016.60) if it took out some stops above $1,020 but did not charge through the $1,030 level. We entered the trade on Sept 16 and took our profits on Sept 24.
To be fair, we missed this recent move higher. Our posting of Sept 28 noted that we were looking for a $974 entry point, but Gold never got below $983. Nothing done.
Here we are again, just below $1,020. If we can not break through the $1,024.30 intraday high from Sept 17 in the next trading session or two, we will short the pair again. A lack of follow through this time will give us a lot of room on the downside. we think we would target the $970 - $973 level for a take profit.
So no trade for now, but we are watching closely.
Stay Nimble!
Stephen Leahy
Back Bay FX Services, LLC
www.backbayfx.com
Thanks to FX Solutions for the below image.
05 October, 2009 by Stephen Leahy
Boston Oct 5 16:46 EST
"The odds are in your favor." Those were the words of a friend on a Buy-Side Buy-Side The buy-side is comprised of firms in the financial industry that purchase securities and are accompanied by account investment managers, pension funds, and hedge funds.The buy-side is composed of those that buy and invest large sums of securities with the intention of generating a lucrative return or have their funds managed. The Buy-Side ExplainedIn terms of Wall Street, the buy-side includes investment institutions that purchase securities, stocks, or other financial instruments with the aim of satisfying their client’s portfolio demands. Through the analysis and acquisition of underpriced assets, buy-side entities purchase these assets with the prediction that they will appreciate. Moreover, the largest buy-side participants include firms such as BlackRock, The Vanguard Group, and UBS Group to name a few. It is important to note that firms such as BlackRock are able to influence market prices as a result of placing large investments under single entities while the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires a quarterly 13-F filing for all holdings bought or sold by buy-side managers. What differentiates buy-side investors from other traders would be the advantages that are yielded to them. Buy-side investors not only have access to a much broader range of trading resources and market insight but also tend to possess decreased trading costs through large lot acquisitions. To sum up, firms work with buy-side analysts to provide research recommendations that are kept exclusive to those participants of the firm while all analysts are overseen by regulations set forth by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). The buy-side is comprised of firms in the financial industry that purchase securities and are accompanied by account investment managers, pension funds, and hedge funds.The buy-side is composed of those that buy and invest large sums of securities with the intention of generating a lucrative return or have their funds managed. The Buy-Side ExplainedIn terms of Wall Street, the buy-side includes investment institutions that purchase securities, stocks, or other financial instruments with the aim of satisfying their client’s portfolio demands. Through the analysis and acquisition of underpriced assets, buy-side entities purchase these assets with the prediction that they will appreciate. Moreover, the largest buy-side participants include firms such as BlackRock, The Vanguard Group, and UBS Group to name a few. It is important to note that firms such as BlackRock are able to influence market prices as a result of placing large investments under single entities while the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires a quarterly 13-F filing for all holdings bought or sold by buy-side managers. What differentiates buy-side investors from other traders would be the advantages that are yielded to them. Buy-side investors not only have access to a much broader range of trading resources and market insight but also tend to possess decreased trading costs through large lot acquisitions. To sum up, firms work with buy-side analysts to provide research recommendations that are kept exclusive to those participants of the firm while all analysts are overseen by regulations set forth by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). Read this Term desk when I mentioned to him that I see the charts of Gold showing a sell signal at the top of the channel that we have been in lately. My point being....that is all I can ask for. No one knows what the outcome will be. As a trader, you put some sort of analysis to a situation, assess the upside and downside, and either place the trade or not. So let's see what we are talking about here.
We mentioned a few weeks ago that we thought there were Stop Loss levels in the $1,020 - $1,030 range and that we would short Gold (current bid $1,016.60) if it took out some stops above $1,020 but did not charge through the $1,030 level. We entered the trade on Sept 16 and took our profits on Sept 24.
To be fair, we missed this recent move higher. Our posting of Sept 28 noted that we were looking for a $974 entry point, but Gold never got below $983. Nothing done.
Here we are again, just below $1,020. If we can not break through the $1,024.30 intraday high from Sept 17 in the next trading session or two, we will short the pair again. A lack of follow through this time will give us a lot of room on the downside. we think we would target the $970 - $973 level for a take profit.
So no trade for now, but we are watching closely.
Stay Nimble!
Stephen Leahy
Back Bay FX Services, LLC
www.backbayfx.com
Thanks to FX Solutions for the below image.