Options levels on monday, April 22, 2023

EUR/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.0812 (2924)

$1.0742 (410)

$1.0701 (95)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.0665

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.0608 (3064)

$1.0574 (1264)

$1.0534 (3304)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date May, 3 is 54376 contracts (according to data from April, 19) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,0750 (9616);

GBP/USD

$1.2521 (106)

$1.2455 (44)

$1.2413 (159)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.2383

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.2344 (4119)

$1.2317 (500)

$1.2291 (690)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date May, 3 is 13610 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 32941 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2500 (15565);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 2.39 versus 2.44 from the previous trading day according to data from April, 19

* - 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.