USD/JPY and non-farm payrolls warnings from FX options market
Aug 1 (Reuters) -The magnitude of the post-BoJ JPY gains caught many off guard on Wednesday, while subsequent price action in FX options showed a market still fearful of JPY related volatility and gains, especially over Friday's U.S. total non-farm payrolls (NFP) data.
Shorter-dated expiry options tend to react most to short term FX realised volatility and general risk sentiment. These options have seen plenty of action in the last 24 hours and after solid gains, their premiums remain very high.
Implied volatility gauges realised volatility risk and is a key part of an options premium. Overnight expiry implied volatility reached year-to-date highs at 32.0 from 18.0 ahead of the BoJ and is still up at 30.0 since including Friday's NFP. The premium/break-even at 30.0 for a simple straddle is a huge 187 JPY pips in either direction.
One-week expiry implied volatility reached 16.25 and 1-month paid 11.6 post BoJ Wednesday - highs since the late April BoJ intervention, with limited setbacks since.
There's been strong interest to cover the risk of more USD/JPY losses, with 145.00 proving a popular strike for sub 3-month maturities.
The implied volatility premium for options that give holders the right to sell USD/JPY versus buy it, is shown by option risk reversal contracts. The benchmark 1-month 25 delta risk reversal trades long term highs at 1.9 for downside strikes.
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1-month expiry USD/JPY FXO 25 delta risk reversals https://tmsnrt.rs/3Sukimm
1-week and 1-month expiry USD/JPY FXO implied volatility https://tmsnrt.rs/4fqjRDs
Overnight expiry USD/JPY FXO implied volatility https://tmsnrt.rs/3LKHxF7
(Richard Pace is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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