FX options show ECB risk to EUR/USD is at long time low
Oct 16 (Reuters) -The European Central Bank is almost unanimously expected to cut rates by 25bps to 3.25% on Thursday. An increase in related FX option premiums shows the market is not complacent about the potential for increased FX volatility, but expects it to be limited.
Overnight options expire on the next working day at 10 a.m. New York/3 p.m. London and therefore now include the ECB policy announcement. Implied volatility gauges actual volatility expectations to determine the premium and Wednesday's increase for overnight expiry flags the additional realised volatility risk for this event.
Overnight expiry EUR/USD implied volatility up from 6.5 early Tuesday to 9.75 early Wednesday, which is a premium/break-even of 30 USD pips to 44 USD pips in either direction for a simple vanilla straddle.
For context, overnight expiry EUR/USD implied volatility was 13.0 or 60 USD pips for the U.S. NFP data and 14.5 or 66 USD pips for the September U.S. Fed policy decision. For an ECB rate decision, current levels of overnight implied volatility are among the lowest for any meeting in 2024.
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(Richard Pace is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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