Options levels on friday, June 21, 2019
EUR/USD
Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)
$1.1437 (3818)
$1.1392 (4420)
$1.1374 (596)
Price at time of writing this review: $1.1298
Support levels (open interest**, contracts):
$1.1239 (2644)
$1.1194 (3092)
$1.1147 (3729)
Comments:
- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date July, 5 is 68600 contracts (according to data from June, 20) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1300 (4420);
GBP/USD
Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)
$1.2839 (1079)
$1.2809 (850)
$1.2787 (389)
Price at time of writing this review: $1.2707
Support levels (open interest**, contracts):
$1.2626 (1622)
$1.2585 (1363)
$1.2541 (1937)
Comments:
- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date July, 5 is 17580 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3000 (3030);
- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date July, 5 is 15389 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2500 (2254);
- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 0.88 versus 0.87 from the previous trading day according to data from June, 20
* - 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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