Analytics, News, and Forecasts for CFD Markets: currency news — 30-12-2016.

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)

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

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.