GBP/USD: Put premium hits two-week lows
|The GBP/USD one-month 25 delta risk reversals (GBP1MRR) are currently trading at -2.175 in favor of puts - a level last seen on Nov. 14 - having printed a 2.5-year low of -2.84 on Nov. 15.
The decline in the implied volatility premium (or demand) for GBP put options, as represented by the rise in risk reversals, could be a sign that investors are not expecting GBP/USD to challenge recent low of 1.2696.
As of writing, GBP/USD is trading at 1.2750.
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