Thank you for visiting the Forex Academy FX Options market combined volume expiries section. Each day, where available, we will bring you notable maturities in FX Options of amounts of $100 million-plus, and where these large combined maturities at specified currency exchange rates often have a magnetic effect on price action, especially in the hours leading to their maturities, which happens daily at 10.00 AM Eastern time. This is because the big institutional players hedge their positions accordingly. Each option expiry should be considered ‘in-play’ with a good chance of a strike if labelled in red, still in play and a possible strike if labelled in orange and ‘out of play’ and an unlikely strike if labelled in blue, with regard to the likelihood of price action meeting the strike price at maturity.
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FX option expiries for June 26 NY cut at 10:00 Eastern Time, via DTCC, can be found below.
– EUR/USD: EUR amounts
- 1.1100 756m
- 1.1150 820m
- 1.1180 630m
- 1.1200 2.2bn
- 1.1250 764m
- 1.1300 699m
- 1.1350 586m
The EURUSD pair is in a consolidation phase after the recent bear move. Support and resistance lines have been added on the one-hour chart. The likely area is around 1.12 for price action at the New York cut. Watch out for US data before then
– USD/JPY: USD amounts
- 106.00 641m
- 107.00 463m
- 108.00 390m
USDJPY is ignoring the oversold indicator on the one-hour chart and price action is fading from the recent high at 107.40. Expect some price action dithering until the US data has been released. The 107.00 option remains in play.
– USD/CAD: USD amounts
- 1.3800 951m
USDCAD is still bid. But the 1.3800 option is currently not in play.
– NZD/USD: NZD amounts
- 0.6400 402m
NZDUSD price action will likely conform to the general bid tone in the USD. Expect downside in the pair where the 0.6400 option remains in play if the support line can be breached on the one-hour chart.
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As you can see on the charts we have also plotted the expiration levels at the various exchange rate maturities and we have also labelled in red, orange and blue. Therefore, if you see option expiry exchange rates labelled in red these should be considered in-play, because we believe there is a greater chance of the expiry maturing at these levels based on technical analysis at the time of writing. There is still a lesser possibility of a strike if they are in orange and so these are ‘in-play’ too. However, if we have labelled them in blue, they should be considered ‘not in-play’ and therefore price action would be unlikely to reach these levels, which are often referred to as Strikes, at the time of the 10 AM New York cut.
Our technical analysis is based on exchange rates which may be several hours earlier in the day and may not reflect price action at the time of the maturities. Also, we have not factored in economic data releases or keynote speeches by policymakers, or potential market volatility leading up to the cut.
Although we have added some technical analysis, we suggest you take the levels and plot them onto your own trading charts and incorporate the information into your own trading methodology in order to use the information to your advantage. Remember the higher the amount, the larger the gravitational pull towards the exchange rate maturity at 10:00 AM Eastern time.
If you want to learn how forex option expiries affect price action in the spot FX market see our educational article by clicking here: https://bit.ly/2VR2Nji
DISCLAIMER: Please note that this information is for educational purposes. Also, the maturities will look more or less likely to become a strike at 10 AM NY time due to exchange rate fluctuations resulting in a different perspective with regard to technical analysis, and also due to upcoming economic data releases for the associated pairs.
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