Options levels on thursday, April 18, 2023

EUR/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.0820 (2895)

$1.0757 (268)

$1.0722 (97)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.0685

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.0662 (9618)

$1.0640 (2060)

$1.0611 (3033)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date May, 3 is 52766 contracts (according to data from April, 17) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,0750 (9618);

GBP/USD

$1.2620 (97)

$1.2552 (106)

$1.2506 (44)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.2476

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.2436 (1322)

$1.2404 (15598)

$1.2350 (500)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date May, 3 is 12773 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 32111 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2500 (15598);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 2.51 versus 2.50 from the previous trading day according to data from April, 17

* - 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.