• Options levels on friday, February 19, 2016:

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19 February 2016

Options levels on friday, February 19, 2016:

EUR / USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.1252 (5094)

$1.1193 (3103)

$1.1152 (5217)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.1118

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.1052 (2815)

$1.1010 (5165)

$1.0951 (9279)


Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date March, 4 is 64762 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1000 (5217);

- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date March, 4 is 91692 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1000 (9279);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.42 versus 1.44 from the previous trading day according to data from February, 18


GBP/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.4604 (1233)

$1.4506 (1289)

$1.4409 (705)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.4321

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.4288 (1999)

$1.4192 (2064)

$1.4095 (1409)


Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date March, 4 is 26972 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,4650 (1643);

- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date March, 4 is 25377 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,4350 (2928);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 0.94 versus 0.95 from the previous trading day according to data from February, 18


* - 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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