EUR/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.1303 (5052)

$1.1246 (3336)

$1.1208 (2202)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.1142

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.1087 (2157)

$1.1034 (3931)

$1.1001 (4569)

Comments:

– Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date September, 9 is 48984 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1250 (5052);

– Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date September, 9 is 54943 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1000 (5609);

– The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.12 versus 1.13 from the previous trading day according to data from August, 11

GBP/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.3205 (2147)

$1.3108 (1255)

$1.3012 (663)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.2960

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.2890 (2028)

$1.2794 (2284)

$1.2696 (1061)

Comments:

– Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date September, 9 is 30747 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3300 (2478);

– Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date September, 9 is 25065 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2800 (2284);

– The ratio of PUT/CALL was 0.82 versus 0.83 from the previous trading day according to data from August, 11

* – 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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