IV and forward points are different. IV shows the expectations of the options traders for the future volatility. The forward points show the interest rate differential which is the main driving force for the currency pairs.

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Frankly, I don't know which web sites are good these days. I've learned the options trading 10 years ago but couldn't make good progress until I worked as risk manager for a company. I was hedging the price and currencies risk with options and ...

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The 1.3380 level was the previous day's low and approximately 1 big figure from the spot when I opened the position. Options are traded mostly by professionals, that have a lot of info about the markets, including the order flow. All the available ...

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Absolutely! Today's EURUSD trade was based solely on the risk reversal. To put it simply the difference of the prices of the call and put option (actually it is the difference of the IVs of put and call with the same delta). Puts were more expensive ...

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Today's trades

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IV is the implied volatility ( url ). You can find a lot about the options in the net.

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Thanks dim4ik42, The market is order flows and if I think that it is something else I can't change it. Just go with the flow. Now I pay attention to the forward points and the options IV an risk reversal. They provide me ot valuable information ...

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Last trades from today and yesterday. The losing one was directional.

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Technical analysis is only for filtering the trade. Most entries are based on options analysis. I trade the volatility rather than price although sometimes I have directional positions.

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Two positions 41 minutes before the close.

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Trades from today

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IG markets is for CFDs and IG Index is for spreadbetting. The difference is that in UK you don't pay taxes for betting.

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The ask of the daily option is 58 currently.

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Half of the position in GBPUSD closed.

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I'm not sure if I can name my preferred broker in this forum. I can tell you that it is based in UK and is regulated by FSA. its name starts with I and the second word is markets.

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I want to avoid the intraday volatility and the options are the best tool I can use.

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Pure scalping

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In a day like today a tunnel digital option is the perfect strategy.

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When I don't like the intraday PA, digital options are a good toll to take a position. The risk is limited and the R/R ratio in this case is almost 1:10

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2nd part closed for 16p profit. German names and Asian sovereigns are selling below 1.3290 and the FTSE is showing weakness. Why should I waste my profit? There are always good trading opportunities.

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