EUR / USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.1555 (3781)

$1.1510 (6619)

$1.1472 (3124)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.1412

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.1367 (3351)

$1.1335 (3594)

$1.1294 (3976)


Comments:

– Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date May, 6 is 44464 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1500 (6619);

– Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date May, 6 is 63580 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1000 (10024);

– The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.43 versus 1.46 from the previous trading day according to data from May, 5


GBP/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.4800 (1065)

$1.4700 (1093)

$1.4601 (1160)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.4481

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.4399 (1550)

$1.4300 (1284)

$1.4200 (1554)


Comments:

– Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date May, 6 is 23698 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 36520 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3850 (4025);

– The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.54 versus 1.54 from the previous trading day according to data from May, 5


* – 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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