The Trade War and a Changing Market for Soybeans
The outlook for U.S. soybeans has improved, with exports forecast to rise in 2021. Read more.
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Why you should follow the tech relationship to the trade war
- Over the past two years the Unites States trading relationship with China has been a major market risk. What began as a discussion quickly graduated past dispute and landed on trade war.
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Measuring and Managing Event Risk
- Using options volume, intra-day price activity and historical vs implied volatility data to measure and manage event risk with binary outcomes.
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Trade War to Target Europe Next?
- Even as the trade war with China remains unresolved after more than a year, Europe could be the next target of US tariffs that could hurt the auto sector.
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CME Group weekly options have seen tremendous growth. As traders work to manage short-term event risk around negotiations, decisions, and tariffs, weekly options provide the precision and flexibility you need.
- Commodity Weekly Options ADV continue to grow this year after hitting a record in May of 2019
- Weekly Soybean Options have seen a surge in September 2020 as the trade war continues to impact the markets
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