EUR/USD
Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)
$1.1416 (3620)
$1.1388 (4768)
$1.1348 (3352)
Price at time of writing this review: $1.1316
Support levels (open interest**, contracts):
$1.1256 (1001)
$1.1216 (2292)
$1.1155 (2381)
Comments:
– Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date September, 9 is 53469 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1250 (5049);
– Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date September, 9 is 56913 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1000 (5799);
– The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.06 versus 1.07 from the previous trading day according to data from August, 17
GBP/USD
Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)
$1.3304 (2954)
$1.3206 (2108)
$1.3110 (1257)
Price at time of writing this review: $1.3063
Support levels (open interest**, contracts):
$1.2990 (2181)
$1.2893 (2067)
$1.2796 (2605)
Comments:
– Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date September, 9 is 32604 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3300 (2954);
– Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date September, 9 is 26346 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2800 (2605);
– The ratio of PUT/CALL was 0.81 versus 0.81 from the previous trading day according to data from August, 17
* – 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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