Market news
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17:02
U.S.: Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count, August 765
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14:00
Canada: Ivey Purchasing Managers Index, July 60 (forecast 59.2)
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13:46
Option expiries for today's 10:00 ET NY cut
EURUSD: 1.1600-05 (EUR 630m) 1.1825 (585m) 1.1850 (920m) 1.1875-80 (E470m)1.1950 (330m)
USDJPY: 109.50 (USD 950m) 110.00 (335m) 110.50 (550m) 111.00 (660m) 111.50(1.68bln) 112.50 (350m)
GBPUSD: 1.3220-25 (GBP 905m) 1.3300 (290m)
AUDUSD: 0.7700 (AUD 315m) 0.7800 (845m) 0.7830 (420m) 0.7850 (335m) 0.7880(415m) 0.7900 (380m) 0.7950 (525m)
USDCAD: 1.2500 (USD 1.16bln) 1.2550 (680m) 1.2600 (460m)
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12:32
U.S.: International Trade, bln, June -43.6 (forecast -45)
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12:31
U.S.: Private Nonfarm Payrolls, July 205 (forecast 178)
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12:31
U.S.: Manufacturing Payrolls, July 16 (forecast 5)
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12:31
U.S.: Average workweek, July 34.5 (forecast 34.5)
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12:31
U.S.: Government Payrolls, July 4
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12:31
Canada: Employment , July 10.9 (forecast 10)
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12:31
U.S.: Average hourly earnings , July 0.3% (forecast 0.3%)
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12:31
Canada: Unemployment rate, July 6.3% (forecast 6.5%)
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12:30
U.S.: Labor Force Participation Rate, July 62.9%
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12:30
U.S.: Nonfarm Payrolls, July 209 (forecast 183)
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12:30
Canada: Trade balance, billions, June -3.60 (forecast -1.35)
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12:30
U.S.: Unemployment Rate, July 4.3% (forecast 4.3%)
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09:00
Forex option contracts rolling off today at 14.00 GMT:
EURUSD: 1.1600-05 (EUR 630m) 1.1825 (585m) 1.1850 (920m) 1.1875-80 (E470m)1.1950 (330m)
USDJPY: 109.50 (USD 950m) 110.00 (335m) 110.50 (550m) 111.00 (660m) 111.50(1.68bln) 112.50 (350m)
GBPUSD: 1.3220-25 (GBP 905m) 1.3300 (290m)
AUDUSD: 0.7700 (AUD 315m) 0.7800 (845m) 0.7830 (420m) 0.7850 (335m) 0.7880(415m) 0.7900 (380m) 0.7950 (525m)
USDCAD: 1.2500 (USD 1.16bln) 1.2550 (680m) 1.2600 (460m)
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06:26
Options levels on friday, August 4, 2017
EUR/USD
Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)
$1.1963 (2518)
$1.1931 (2431)
$1.1901 (4830)
Price at time of writing this review: $1.1876
Support levels (open interest**, contracts):
$1.1833 (2179)
$1.1793 (2257)
$1.1747 (1723)
Comments:
- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date August, 4 is 105735 contracts (according to data from August, 3) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1800 (4830);
GBP/USD
Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)
$1.3253 (1735)
$1.3210 (2573)
$1.3179 (1351)
Price at time of writing this review: $1.3139
Support levels (open interest**, contracts):
$1.3091 (1213)
$1.3047 (1157)
$1.2999 (1036)
Comments:
- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date August, 4 is 35111 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3100 (2964);
- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date August, 4 is 34417 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2800 (3023);
- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 0.98 versus 1.00 from the previous trading day according to data from August, 3
* - 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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06:00
Germany: Factory Orders s.a. (MoM), June 1.0% (forecast 0.5%)
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01:30
Australia: Retail Sales, M/M, June 0.3% (forecast 0.2%)
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00:00
Japan: Labor Cash Earnings, YoY, June -0.4% (forecast 0.6%)
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