Hedge Funds Scoop Five-Year Dollar/Yen Calls

12 Jul 2010

Hedge funds have been buying up the five-year calls on the U.S. dollar against the yen in recent weeks with strikes around JPY115, according to Mathieu Zaradzki, an fx strategist for Barclays Capital in Paris.

--Eleni Himaras

 Mathieu Zaradzki, Barclays

 Mathieu
Zaradzki

Hedge funds have been buying up the five-year calls on the U.S. dollar against the yen in recent weeks with strikes around JPY115, according to Mathieu Zaradzki, an fx strategist for Barclays Capital in Paris. The trades were driven by ...

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