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Options levels on thursday, February 18, 2021
EUR/USD
Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)
$1.2137 (3991)
$1.2107 (1494)
$1.2085 (689)
Price at time of writing this review: $1.2045
Support levels (open interest**, contracts):
$1.2006 (2309)
$1.1986 (2581)
$1.1958 (4324)
Comments:
- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date March, 5 is 88565 contracts (according to data from February, 17) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1950 (5362);
GBP/USD
Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)
$1.3918 (1843)
$1.3891 (538)
$1.3876 (474)
Price at time of writing this review: $1.3843
Support levels (open interest**, contracts):
$1.3773 (244)
$1.3744 (241)
$1.3710 (200)
Comments:
- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date March, 5 is 14850 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,4200 (2830);
- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date March, 5 is 14398 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3100 (1225);
- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 0.97 versus 0.95 from the previous trading day according to data from February, 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.
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Pacific | Wellington | 19:00 | 04:00 | 22:00 | 07:00 | 22:00 | 07:00 |
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Pacific | Sydney | 21:00 | 06:00 | 00:00 | 09:00 | 00:00 | 09:00 |
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Asian | Tokyo | 23:00 | 08:00 | 02:00 | 11:00 | 02:00 | 11:00 |
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Asian | Hong Kong, Singapore | 00:00 | 09:00 | 03:00 | 12:00 | 03:00 | 12:00 |
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European | 06:00 | 15:00 | 09:00 | 18:00 | 9:00 | 18:00 | |
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European | London | 07:00 | 16:00 | 10:00 | 19:00 | 10:00 | 19:00 |
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American | New York | 12:00 | 21:00 | 15:00 | 00:00 | 15:00 | 00:00 |
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American | Chicago | 13:00 | 22:00 | 16:00 | 01:00 | 16:00 | 01:00 |