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30 December 2016
  • 14:46

    U.S.: Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index , December 54.6 (forecast 57)

  • 13:50

    Option expiries for today's 10:00 ET NY cut

    USDJPY 114.00 (540m) 116.00 117.00 (1.97bn), 117.80 118.00 (731m), 118.20/25/30/35/40/45/50 (683m)

    EURUSD 1.0100 (2.79bn) 1.0200 1.0300, 1.0350/55 (931m), 1.0395/1.0400 (675m) 1.0430, 1.0450/53 (3.44bn), 1.0475 1.0500 (1.57bn) 1.0600 1.0610/15/20/25/30, 1.0640, 1.0660, 1.0670/75 (654m) 1.0700, 1.0750 (669m)

    GBPUSD 1.2400 1.2600 (672m)

    USDCAD 1.3310/15/20, 1.3390/95/1.3400/05 1.3417/18/20/25 1.3500/05/10/13 1.3600

    EURGBP 0.8695 (460m)

  • 13:05

    Orders

    EUR/USD

    Offers 1.0550-55 1.0585 1.0600 1.0650 1.0700

    Bids 1.0500 1.0400 1.0380-85 1.0365 1.0350 1.0335 1.0300


    GBP/USD

    Offers 1.2300 1.2330 1.2350 1.2380-85 1.2400

    Bids 1.2200 1.2185 1.2150 1.2100 1.2080 1.2050 1.2000


    EUR/GBP

    Offers 0.8600 0.8650 0.8700

    Bids 0.8500 0.8485 0.8460 0.8435-40 0.8400


    EUR/JPY

    Offers 123.30 123.60 123.85 124.00-10

    Bids 122.00 121.50 121.00 120.50 120.00


    USD/JPY

    Offers 117.00 117.80-85 118.00 118.20-25 118.45-50 118.80 119.00

    Bids 116.00 115.85 115.50


    AUD/USD

    Offers 0.7260 0.7280 0.7300 0.7320 0.7350 0.7365 0.7380 0.7400

    Bids 0.7175-80 0.7145-50 0.7100-10 0.7065 0.7030 0.7000

  • 07:15

    Options levels on friday, December 30, 2016:

    EUR/USD

    Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

    $1.0745 (2026)

    $1.0672 (594)

    $1.0619 (236)

    Price at time of writing this review: $1.0531

    Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

    $1.0446 (1095)

    $1.0416 (1103)

    $1.0376 (2218)


    Comments:

    - Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date March, 13 is 44314 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1500 (3205);

    - Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date March, 13 is 54442 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,0000 (5027);

    - The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.23 versus 1.23 from the previous trading day according to data from December, 29

    GBP/USD

    Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

    $1.2512 (489)

    $1.2415 (238)

    $1.2320 (113)

    Price at time of writing this review: $1.2276

    Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

    $1.2182 (744)

    $1.2086 (453)

    $1.1989 (1392)


    Comments:

    - Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date March, 13 is 14129 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2800 (2996);

    - Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date March, 13 is 16912 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1500 (2967);

    - The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.20 versus 1.20 from the previous trading day according to data from December, 29

    * - 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.

  • 00:30

    Australia: Private Sector Credit, m/m, November 0.5% (forecast 0.5%)

  • 00:30

    Australia: Private Sector Credit, y/y, November 5.4%

30 December 2016
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