Novosti i prognoe: devizno tržište od 12-03-2018

• Sight deposits of domestic banks at 464.341 bln chf in week ending march 9 versus 458.255 bln chf a week earlier

• Says we are cautiously optimistic that we can get there on NAFTA

• North Korea's extensive penitentiary system and severe restrictions on free expression and movement "nurture fear of the state" and leave people at the mercy of unaccountable public officials

• Delegation fails to attend debate on its record at U.N. human rights council in Geneva

• 'Trade war', geopolitical surprise could derail policy tightening

• Encouraged by fiscal spending, large tax cut, overseas strength since december fomc

• Recent economic data quite good; need to avoid 'boom and bust' economy

• Expects firmer inflation, upward pressure on wages

• XI welcome prospect of dialogue between the United States and North Korea in call

The European Union, wonderful countries who treat the U.S. very badly on trade, are complaining about the tariffs on Steel & Aluminum. If they drop their horrific barriers & tariffs on U.S. products going in, we will likewise drop ours. Big Deficit. If not, we Tax Cars etc. FAIR! @realDonaldTrump

EUR/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.2473 (1031)

$1.2441 (451)

$1.2408 (302)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.2320

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.2251 (3449)

$1.2215 (2939)

$1.2175 (3279)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date April, 6 is 90272 contracts (according to data from March, 9) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2150 (4496);

GBP/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.4024 (1718)

$1.3982 (308)

$1.3923 (141)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.3858

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.3785 (3075)

$1.3757 (1208)

$1.3727 (3487)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date April, 6 is 30609 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3950 (3047);

- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date April, 6 is 28028 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3800 (3487);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 0.92 versus 0.96 from the previous trading day according to data from March, 9

* - 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.