EUR / USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.1581 (3797)

$1.1553 (5867)

$1.1523 (4804)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.1486

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.1430 (1323)

$1.1391 (3276)

$1.1346 (3758)


Comments:

– Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date May, 6 is 43545 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1500 (5867);

– Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date May, 6 is 63395 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1000 (10024);

– The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.46 versus 1.46 from the previous trading day according to data from May, 4


GBP/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.4800 (1065)

$1.4701 (1079)

$1.4602 (1260)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.4524

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.4398 (1548)

$1.4299 (1181)

$1.4200 (1554)


Comments:

– Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date May, 6 is 23624 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,4400 (2063);

– Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date May, 6 is 36298 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3850 (4025);

– The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.54 versus 1.49 from the previous trading day according to data from May, 4


* – 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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