Options levels on friday, February 18, 2022

EUR/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.1479 (1348)

$1.1448 (1509)

$1.1405 (1067)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.1371

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.1296 (3378)

$1.1264 (4061)

$1.1227 (2003)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date March, 4 is 88668 contracts (according to data from February, 17) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1500 (10543);

GBP/USD

$1.3705 (1674)

$1.3681 (1358)

$1.3663 (1212)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.3625

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.3565 (141)

$1.3539 (335)

$1.3507 (923)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date March, 4 is 15819 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3650 (1674);

- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date March, 4 is 31478 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3500 (2358);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.99 versus 2.00 from the previous trading day according to data from February, 17

* - 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.