Options levels on thursday, January 16, 2020

EUR/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.1275 (3325)

$1.1243 (3049)

$1.1220 (1860)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.1147

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.1087 (4645)

$1.1044 (4386)

$1.0997 (1369)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date February, 7 is 51208 contracts (according to data from January, 15) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1350 (4715);

GBP/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.3196 (982)

$1.3164 (1382)

$1.3112 (1039)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.3038

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.2987 (2668)

$1.2965 (1156)

$1.2938 (3060)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date February, 7 is 23919 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3600 (3946);

- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date February, 7 is 20559 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3000 (3060);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 0.86 versus 0.84 from the previous trading day according to data from January, 15

* - 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.