Market guides
The region, the rules and client money.
The Gulf trading calendar, the currency pegs, the regional market hours, and the regulatory framework a licensed firm operates inside.
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12 guides, each written to be read on its own
Structure
Every guide in this group
Reference guides to the regional and regulatory structure a Gulf trader works inside: market hours and holidays, the currency pegs, and the rules governing regulated firms and the segregation of client money.
Gulf trading hours against London and New York
Where the Asian, European and American sessions land on a Gulf clock, and why the local hour shifts.
- Level
- Foundation
- Covers
- All markets
The Gulf working week against the global market week
How the regional business week, the exchange week and the global market week fall out of step.
- Level
- Foundation
- Covers
- All markets
The dirham peg and dollar exposure
What a fixed dirham parity does to a quoted pair, and how a peg relocates an exposure, not removes it.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Covers
- Forex
The Saudi riyal peg
The shape of the riyal's fixed rate arrangement, and where pressure is priced when spot cannot move.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Covers
- Forex
Gulf currency regimes compared
Which Gulf currency runs which arrangement, and why the region's monetary union was never completed.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Covers
- Forex
Oil as the regional macro driver
The chain from a barrel price to Gulf bank liquidity and equities, and why the currency never shows it.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Covers
- Commodities and metals
Gulf equity markets and index inclusion
The Gulf exchanges, the criteria index providers assess, and what a reclassification mechanically does.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Covers
- 3 classes
Ramadan and Eid market hours
How the lunar calendar moves the shortened month and its holidays, and what accrues while desks are shut.
- Level
- Foundation
- Covers
- All markets
Gulf public holidays and thin liquidity
The two kinds of Gulf holiday, which closures reduce global liquidity, and what a thin book does.
- Level
- Foundation
- Covers
- All markets
SCA regulation and what it covers
What the federal onshore regulator supervises, and how it differs from the central bank and free zones.
- Level
- Foundation
- Covers
- All markets
Client money segregation in the UAE
What segregation obliges a firm to do, what happens in an insolvency, and the risks it does not address.
- Level
- Foundation
- Covers
- All markets
Trading dollar denominated markets from the Gulf
Why the account currency question resolves differently in the Gulf, and where a conversion still appears.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Covers
- All markets
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