WM/R fix and the curse of predictability

Investors should renew their focus on execution strategies around the 4pm fix, writes Alexei Jiltsov of Tradefeedr

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Increased volatility and the low liquidity environment witnessed during the Covid-19 selloff has renewed attention to FX execution around the WM/R benchmark’s 4pm London fix. When adverse price moves become bigger, they are more difficult to ignore. 

We previously addressed EUR/USD predictability around month-end moves and observed how levels around the 4pm fix became less adverse for month-end execution compared to morning levels. From a daily perspective, execution at 4pm was reasonably good

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