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Brent Option Expiry – Thurs 26th May 22

OIL OPTIONS
  • Total aggregate open interest of Brent calls is currently 1.43m and for puts is 1.13m. Of these amounts, 193k of calls and 168k of put options are for the Jul22 contract.
  • Expiry for the Jull2 Brent options contract is at the 19:30 futures close on Thursday 26th May.
  • The closest strikes of interest are at 110$/bbl and 115$/bbl. There are currently 5.86k call contracts and 6.06k put contracts open at the 110$/bbl strike price and 5.06k calls open at the 115$/bbl strike. Open positions at other nearby strike prices are relatively small.
  • Most of the call volume is at strikes of 120$/bbl or greater and put volume is mostly spread between 65$/bbl and 100$/bbl.

Source: MNI / Bloomberg

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