EUR/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.1277 (3067)

$1.1250 (3864)

$1.1230 (2902)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.1180

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.1121 (1840)

$1.1084 (2976)

$1.1041 (3091)

Comments:

– Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date August, 5 is 39781 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1200 (3864);

– Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date August, 5 is 52250 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,0900 (6812);

– The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.31 versus 1.31 from the previous trading day according to data from July, 29

GBP/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.3503 (1860)

$1.3405 (2068)

$1.3309 (1572)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.3250

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.3191 (585)

$1.3094 (2423)

$1.2997 (1805)

Comments:

– Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date August, 5 is 28060 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3400 (2068);

– Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date August, 5 is 26062 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2950 (3065);

– The ratio of PUT/CALL was 0.93 versus 0.94 from the previous trading day according to data from July, 29

* – 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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