The next few days are filled with important market data releases and on Friday Greece’s payment of 1.5 billion EUR is due. Later today we have the European Central Bank (ECB) rate decision, which is expected to remain at 0.05% and commentary on the EU monetary policy outlook. Tomorrow we have the Bank of England (BoE) rate decision, expected to remain unchanged at 0.5%. On Friday we’ll see Europe's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures and U.S. unemployment numbers, one of the most anticipated reports, where 225,000 jobs are expected to have been created in May.
Yesterday the EUR/USD has traded strongly upward, moving up around 2% and is currently trading at 1.113. See graph below:
Chatter in the market suggests the strong move is due to advanced Greece talks towards a deal and also the Dollar index weakness as slower than expected market growth looms.
The future direction of the pair this week may be driven by the data and its volatility is expected to remain high. Today volatility is around 15% for a 1 week at-the-money option, which means near a 1% daily average move in the underlying, and it may increase towards the end of the week.
Below is an example of a long Put option trade, with an ATM (at-the-money) strike rate and a 2 day duration to expire Friday, June 5th. Using the scenario tool, you can view your profit or loss over a range of EUR/USD rates at expiry. For example, if the pair trades back down near yesterday’s levels, at 1.095 you will be in profit of 200%. If the market stays in place or trades higher, you maximum loss will equal the premium, in the example that is $681.
If you expect the pair to continue its rally, view below an example of a long Call option with the same parameters as the Put option example. In this example, if the pair trades at 1.1300 on expiry, you’ll be in profit of over 100% on your open premium.
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