EUR/USD
Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)
$1.1447 (3604)
$1.1426 (4661)
$1.1397 (4631)
Price at time of writing this review: $1.1338
Support levels (open interest**, contracts):
$1.1294 (1005)
$1.1241 (2401)
$1.1170 (2727)
Comments:
– Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date September, 9 is 53031 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1250 (4980);
– Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date September, 9 is 57909 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1000 (5831);
– The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.09 versus 1.06 from the previous trading day according to data from August, 18
GBP/USD
Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)
$1.3404 (2190)
$1.3306 (3124)
$1.3210 (1927)
Price at time of writing this review: $1.3145
Support levels (open interest**, contracts):
$1.3090 (1047)
$1.2994 (2185)
$1.2896 (2027)
Comments:
– Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date September, 9 is 32360 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3300 (3124);
– Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date September, 9 is 26128 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2800 (2478);
– The ratio of PUT/CALL was 0.81 versus 0.81 from the previous trading day according to data from August, 18
* – The Chicago Mercantile Exchange bulletin (CME) is used for the calculation.
** – Open interest takes into account the total number of option contracts that are open at the moment.
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