Options levels on wednesday, May 1, 2023

EUR/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.0766 (740)

$1.0736 (411)

$1.0706 (94)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.0656

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.0632 (2012)

$1.0593 (1486)

$1.0547 (3636)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date May, 3 is 57294 contracts (according to data from April, 30) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,0750 (8985);

GBP/USD

$1.2613 (674)

$1.2577 (178)

$1.2549 (53)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.2479

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.2458 (15375)

$1.2427 (668)

$1.2389 (838)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date May, 3 is 16562 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 35473 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2500 (15375);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 2.14 versus 2.20 from the previous trading day according to data from April, 30

* - 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.