Stand-out FX option strike expiries for the week ahead
July 25 (Reuters) -The cash hedging of soon-to-expire FX option strikes can have a magnetic effect on FX price action and add to nearby support/resistance. There are some large strikes worth noting for Friday, July 26, and for the week ahead.
Stand-out EUR/USD strikes on Monday are at 1.0700-05 on 1.4 billion euros, 1.0800 on 610 million euros, 1.0825-35 on 1.4 billion euros and 1.0885-1.0900 on 1.6 billion euros. Tuesday between 1.0875-95 on 1.6 billion euros. Wednesday at 1.0730 on 1.3 billion euros, 1.0750 on 1 billion euros and 1.0900 on 875 million euros. Thursday (post-FOMC) has the most and largest strikes with 1.0700 on 2 billion euros, 1.0725-30 on 1.3 billion euros, 1.0750-65 on 2.1 billion euros, 1.0775-85 on 1.3 billion euros, 1.0800 on 1 billion euros, 1.0850 on 2.6 billion euros and 1.0875-80 on 1.5 billion euros. Friday has 2.4 billion euros between 1.0740-50.
The largest USD/CHF strike is on Wednesday at 0.8800 on $425 million and in EUR/CHF on Tuesday at 0.9435-45 on 660 million euros, 0.9495 on 590 million euros and 0.9700 on 600 million euros.
Nothing significant in GBP/USD until Thursday (BoE) at 1.2850 on 400 million pounds. EUR/GBP has a 0.8450 strike expiring on Tuesday on 2.2 billion euros, Wednesday at 0.8420 on 690-million euros, Thursday at 0.8420 on 900 million euros and Friday at 0.8360 on 530 million euros and 0.8460 on 733 million euros.
Not much in AUD/USD since the slide toward 0.6500. Monday's strikes are at 0.6670-80 on A$2.2 billion. Tuesday at 0.6575 on A$555 million. Wednesday at 0.6630-35 on A$1.1 billion and 0.6650 on A$640 million and on Thursday at 0.6450 on A$900 million. The biggest AUD/NZD strike expiries are on Tuesday between 1.1135-50 on A$1 billion and Thursday at 1.1050 and 1.1150 on A$500 million each.
USD/JPY has seen a wide 157.50-152.00 range this week, but the biggest strikes within that are on Monday at 153.25-30 on $1 billion and 154.00 on $1.4 billion. Tuesday at 153.50-55 on $1.3 billion, 154.40-50 on $1.2 billion and at 155.00 on $3.1 billion. Wednesday at 155.00 on $1.6 billion, Thursday at 154.00-05 on $1.4 billion and Friday at 151.00 on $800 million and 155.00 on $1.1 billion and 155.25 on $500 million.
Stand out EUR/JPY strike expiries are on Monday at 166.15 and Thursday at 167.00 on 500 million euros each, while in AUD/JPY on Monday there are A$750 million strikes expiring at 100.65.
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(Richard Pace is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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