Options levels on friday, August 23, 2024

EUR/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.1227 (9703)

$1.1193 (6176)

$1.1167 (6551)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.1126

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.1096 (815)

$1.1080 (846)

$1.1056 (1660)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date September, 6 is 106098 contracts (according to data from August, 22) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1200 (9703);

GBP/USD

$1.3233 (4790)

$1.3198 (1682)

$1.3169 (1118)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.3113

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.3027 (941)

$1.3000 (184)

$1.2948 (389)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date September, 6 is 20689 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3200 (4790);

- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date September, 6 is 17067 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2700 (1701);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 0.82 versus 0.83 from the previous trading day according to data from August, 22

* - 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.