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12 January 2016
FX Blueprint: Forever Young
Theme #14: Volte-face - buy 6m EUR/EM-USD/EM vol spreads, sell EUR vs TRY, MXN, INR
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Options markets assume the dollar will drive price
action but the euro is now the "risk off" currency
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"Euroglut" outflows into the US and EMFX reverse
as risk appetite sours and carry trades squeeze
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EUR/EM crosses have been realizing well above
USD/EM but implied volatilities are quite similar
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We recommend buying 6m EUR/EM - USD/EM
volatility spreads in TRY, MXN. INR
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For a directional view, express our EM 2016
Outlook short EUR v. TRY, MXN and INR trade as a
4m 97.5% worst-of put, a 2/3rd discount v. vanillas
UM is the nevz risk appetite barometer
Our FX strategy team has written extensively about
"Euroglut" outflows into the U.S. and emerging
markets (see FX Special Report 9-Dec-14 and 1-Dec-15).
EUR increasingly adapts the hallmarks of safe haven
currencies such as CHF and JPY; fixed income
outflows (Figure 1) followed by sudden repatriation
during positioning squeezes. Consequently, correlation
between equities (a risk proxy) and EUR/USD has
flipped since the Fed-driven USD rally (and ECB QE-
driven EUR sell-off) last year. The EUR TWI is now
negatively correlated to the S&P 500 while the USD
TWI is positively correlated to equities (Figure 2).
We can also infer forward-looking market expectations
of dollar-equities correlation by comparing implied
volatility for USD-hedged and un-hedged international
equity ETFs.
In recent months fun-hedged) EFA
volatility has traded 1-2% below both iShares hedged
EFA (HEFA) and DB X-trackers hedged EFA (DBEF),
suggesting the market expects the dollar will be
positively correlated to global equities in the future
(principally with respect to EUR, CHF and JPY).
We should expect a similar result when looking for
volatility in EMFX.
Since EUR/USD is negatively
correlated to equities (acting as risk proxy), we would
expect EUR to be negative correlated with EMFX as
well, making EUR/EM more volatile than USD/EM.
Buy EUFflEkl volatility not USDIEM for an added fool. Of
Indeed, EUR/EM is realizing higher, but implied
volatility is not reflecting this at all. Figure 3 illustrates
that EUR/EM and USD/EM 6-month implied volatility is
priced roughly equal for much of EMFX, and where it is
not (such as INR), the premium on EUR-cross volatility
relative to USD-cross volatility is too low. As a result,
while USDTRY, USDMXN and USDINR exhibit typically
positive volatility risk premiums, EURTRY, EURMXN
and EURINR volatility premiums are negative.
Deutsche Bank AG/London
!Figure 1: Eurozone fixed income outflows dominate the
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Figure 3: Positive vol premium in USD/EM, negative vol
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■ EURTRY
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■ EURINR
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■ USDMXN
■ USDINR
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