Reuters reporting news out earlier today from the PBOC

  • reserves grew by $11.4bln in October
  • ends 5 consecutive months of decline
  • gold reserves up to $63.3in October vs $61.2bln
  • IMF reserve position down to $4.64bln vs $4.69bln prev
  • IMF SDR position down to $10.36bln vs $10.47bln prev

The PBOC has been reporting its reserves monthly,rather than quarterly, since July after adopting the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS)

A handy war chest to have at your disposal and noticeably back on the rise.

I wonder how much of it they might spend propping up EURUSD down here to protect their Eurozone investments as they have often done before

I will be keeping an eye out for any DNT (barrier) options that might come into play such as those I reported in June, now expired.

PBOC - Poised to strike perhaps ?