Monthly Recap: Of Pairs and Options

world equity markets 2014-03-31.2014-04-30

Euphoria? What euphoria? The NIFTY ended the month -0.12% (-0.51% in USD terms)

Equities

Major
DAX(DEU) +0.50%
CAC(FRA) +2.18%
UKX(GBR) +3.19%
NKY(JPN) -2.73%
SPX(USA) +0.62%
MINTs
JCI(IDN) +1.75%
INMEX(MEX) +0.96%
NGSEINDX(NGA) -0.68%
XU030(TUR) +5.80%
BRICS
IBOV(BRA) +2.85%
SHCOMP(CHN) -0.34%
NIFTY(IND) +0.36%
INDEXCF(RUS) -4.62%
TOP40(ZAF) +1.88%

Commodities

Energy
Brent Crude Oil +0.03%
Ethanol -37.72%
Heating Oil -0.68%
Natural Gas +8.10%
RBOB Gasoline +0.87%
WTI Crude Oil -2.04%
Metals
Copper -0.66%
Gold 100oz +0.01%
Palladium +4.84%
Platinum +0.49%
Silver 5000oz -4.04%

Currencies

USDEUR:-0.61% USDJPY:-0.78%

MINTs
USDIDR(IDN) +1.55%
USDMXN(MEX) -0.08%
USDNGN(NGA) -2.97%
USDTRY(TUR) -1.56%
BRICS
USDBRL(BRA) -1.47%
USDCNY(CHN) +0.68%
USDINR(IND) +0.45%
USDRUB(RUS) +1.33%
USDZAR(ZAF) -0.28%
Agricultural
Cattle -4.56%
Cocoa -3.26%
Coffee (Arabica) +14.59%
Coffee (Robusta) +0.51%
Corn -0.05%
Cotton +1.23%
Feeder Cattle +3.64%
Lean Hogs -6.97%
Lumber +0.92%
Orange Juice -1.23%
Soybean Meal +1.17%
Soybeans +0.44%
Sugar #11 -2.98%
Wheat +0.04%
White Sugar +0.89%

Nifty Heatmap

CNX NIFTY.2014-03-31.2014-04-30

Index Performance

index performance 2014-03-31.2014-04-30

Top winners and losers

ADANIENT +13.55%
RANBAXY +29.75%
UPL +45.35%
DLF -20.57%
JINDALSTEL -12.72%
SIEMENS -10.12%
Adani’s contribution to Modi’s campaign did not go unnoticed in the markets… DLF got dragged into all the mud-slinging between the BJP and Priyanka Gandhi’s husband.

ETFs

PSUBNKBEES +10.14%
GOLDBEES +2.90%
BANKBEES +2.79%
JUNIORBEES +2.20%
NIFTYBEES +0.42%
INFRABEES -6.70%
PSU Banks rallied, Infra took a breather.

Advancers and Decliners

advancers and decliners 2014-03-31.2014-04-30

Investment Theme Performance

This might be the last month that Velocity would be available. It has been superseded by Momentum 200. While Velocity looked at prices to gauge momentum, the new algorithm uses a probabilistic setup.

Sector Performance

sector performance 2014-03-31.2014-04-30

Yield Curve

yield Curve 2014-04-02.2014-04-30

Interbank Lending

mibor.30days.2014-04-30

This month

We introduced core trading concepts surrounding options and pair trading.

Read:
Options Trading Guide
Pair Trading Guide