And the CHF signal I've been waiting for finally comes. Saxo bank has hiked the CHF margin requirement from 1% to 2% from June 14 and 4% from June 21. So that means from today through June 21 the CHF margin hike is 4x or 400%!??
And to boot this is what they think since they expect the EURCHF peg to hit the bunkers anytime soon!
Quote:The Bank, therefore, recommends reducing all short CHF exposure over the summer period as the tail-risk in both Switzerland and Europe is rising.
Yep, time to start looking for those CHF longs. And to imagine everyone is on the short side of CHF due to the EURCHF 1.20 SNB peg, if it collapses, getting out will be a big issue for large positions even with a small leverage of 2x... And thinking about some ridiculous leverages of 20x or more, the picture gets very disturbing on any peg breakdown. Those stops getting triggered would create an avalanche of a breakdown!
http://forexmagnates.com...ses-margin-requirements/$15/barrel oil... The commodities lehman moment arrives as well as Sovereign debt volcano!