Options levels on wednesday, July 17, 2023

EUR/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.1028 (3930)

$1.0972 (1669)

$1.0942 (1074)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.0903

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.0856 (2088)

$1.0824 (582)

$1.0785 (6133)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date August, 9 is 72825 contracts (according to data from July, 16) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,0500 (8132);

GBP/USD

$1.3044 (211)

$1.3025 (405)

$1.3011 (289)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.2984

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.2881 (109)

$1.2850 (24)

$1.2814 (91)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date August, 9 is 9399 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2750 (3502);

- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date August, 9 is 11361 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2200 (3514);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.21 versus 1.19 from the previous trading day according to data from July, 16

* - 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.