$UUP options were active yesterday and open interest had a boost today. Over 6694 September 24 calls traded with 2984 open (now 7469). Also 1659 dropped on the July 24 call with 2872 open (now 4118). Watch for a $UUP 50/200d test if those were speculative or used as short hedges.
Reading/Videos:
US Dollar: Rally May Have Legs (FX360)
Kathy Lien on US Dollar (Bloomberg Video)
Falling Equities Still Key for Dollar (Ashraf Laidi)
IMF official says U.S. dollar reserve status to stay (Reuters)
Russia’s Kudrin Signals No Alternative to Dollar (Bloomberg)
BRICs May Buy Each Other’s Bonds in Shift From Dollar (Bloomberg)
*Goldman’s O’Neill Sees Potential ‘Correction’ Over Next Weeks (Bloomberg)
Also this is a must see: Ashraf's 2-hour webinar on HamzeiAnalytics, addressing currencies, bond yields, yield curves and multi-year cycles (Ashraf Laidi at HamzeiAnalytics) Windows Media Player.






