FX option expiries for August 18 NY cut

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

FX option expiries for August 18 NY cut at 10:00 Eastern Time, via DTCC, can be found below.

- EUR/USD: EUR amounts

1.0145-55 1.61b
1.0165-75 1.61b
1.0185 265m
1.0200-05 1.81b
1.0215-25 1.82b
1.0230-40 557m
1.0245-50 943m

- GBP/USD: GBP amounts

1.2000 532m
1.2025-35 798m
1.2050 279m
1.2105 388m

- USD/JPY: USD amounts

132.00 1.37b
133.90-00 1.02b
134.25 385m
134.50-55 915m
135.00 253m

USD/CHF: USD amounts

0.9600 630m

- AUD/USD: AUD amounts

0.6830 416m
0.6975 822m

- USD/CAD: USD amounts

1.2765 402m
1.2825-30 400m

- EUR/GBP: EUR amounts

0.8530 577m

- EUR/CHF: EUR amounts

0.9775 1.18b

Author

Dhwani Mehta

FXStreet

Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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