• Options levels on tuesday, May 5, 2015:

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5 May 2015

Options levels on tuesday, May 5, 2015:

EUR / USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.1264 (6723)

$1.1214 (2477)

$1.1153 (3240)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.1097

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.1031 (3874)

$1.0963 (2459)

$1.0882 (2542)


Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date May, 8 is 64323 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1200 (6723);

- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date May, 8 is 90339 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,0000 (9280);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.40 versus 1.39 from the previous trading day according to data from May, 4


GBP/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.5403 (1009)

$1.5305 (1243)

$1.5208 (1611)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.5115

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.5088 (1122)

$1.4992 (2315)

$1.4895 (1996)


Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date May, 8 is 27953 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,5500 (2872);

- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date May, 8 is 38006 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,4800 (3039);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.36 versus 1.37 from the previous trading day according to data from May, 4


* - 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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