Nomura analyst Bilal Hafeez takes a day dreamer’s approach to trading in a June 15 report. Looking back year-to-date at the best currency trades, Hafeez considers the best of the best that occurred in hindsight. This is, in some respects, the short-term trader’s fantasy where picking the exact highs and lows is possible and Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy play an actual role in life. The best currency trades always occur in hindsight When determining the best currency trades of the year, a nice absolute return would have been found in the euro, buying on January 3 at 1.04…
Nomura Fantasizes About Traveling Back In Time And Trading FX
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.