FX options wrap - Signs of fatigue before next major events
Aug 28 (Reuters) -FX option implied volatility increased beside USD put premiums as the USD fell more broadly in mid-late August, but renewed supply now recognises the many stretched G10 FX positions and current spot consolidation.
There's little to excite markets before next week's U.S. Labor Day holiday, which should keep pressure on very short-dated expiry options for now. However, a large FX volatility risk premium for options expiring after the Sept. 6 U.S. NFP data highlights its importance for the size of an expected rate cut from the Federal Reserve on Sept. 18.
EUR/USD consolidates by huge strike expiries in the mid/lower 1.11's. Benchmark 1-month expiry implied volatility increased from 5.3 to 6.65 since Aug. 16, but reverts sub 6.5 since. Benchmark 1-month expiry risk reversals reached their highest EUR call over put premium since 2020 at 0.4 on Monday, before slipping to 0.2.
USD/JPY is said to be long of JPY calls via various knock-out type option positions, which has taken the 1-month risk reversal premium back to 2.1 from 2.5. That's still high and highlights the perceived risk of more USD/JPY losses.
GBP/USD 1-month implied volatility holds 7.3 from a mid-August low at 5.9, but although erasing their long-standing downside strike premium, benchmark 1-month expiry risk reversals weren't able to generate any topside strike premium.
AUD/USD 1-month expiry implied volatility is in the middle of its July-August 7.5-11.4 range and more vulnerable to weakness as spot gains falter above 0.6800. Risk reversals lower but retain a long standing downside versus upside strike FX volatility risk premium.
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1-month USD/JPY 25 delta risk reversals https://tmsnrt.rs/4dL5ubB
Benchmark 1-month expiry FXO implied volatility https://tmsnrt.rs/3MnElPX
(Richard Pace is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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