Options levels on friday, April 19, 2023

EUR/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.0741 (366)

$1.0699 (95)

$1.0680 (175)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.0638

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.0604 (3033)

$1.0572 (1238)

$1.0533 (3250)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date May, 3 is 53020 contracts (according to data from April, 18) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,0750 (9616);

GBP/USD

$1.2541 (106)

$1.2491 (44)

$1.2463 (159)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.2427

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.2399 (15597)

$1.2377 (595)

$1.2348 (500)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date May, 3 is 13185 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2900 (3078);

- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date May, 3 is 32155 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2500 (15597);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 2.44 versus 2.51 from the previous trading day according to data from April, 18

* - 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.