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Crude Put Volatility Gains After OPEC Meeting Delay

OIL OPTIONS

Near term crude options have turned more bearish following the delay to the upcoming OPEC meeting from Nov 26 to Nov 30 announced yesterday.

  • Brent crude put volatilities had already seen a general strengthening trend since early November with downside risk to prices from weaker global demand growth and greater than expected supplies from non-OPEC and sanctioned countries.
  • The Brent second month 25 delta call-put skew has fallen to the most bearish since March at -7.35% compared to around -5% yesterday morning. The WTI second month 25 delta call-put skew reached a low of -6.7% yesterday.
  • The longer term Dec24 crude option call-put skews are relatively unchanged with Brent down slightly to -6.45% and WTI at -6.5%.
    • Brent JAN 24 down -0.7% at 81.36$/bbl
    • WTI JAN 24 down -0.6% at 76.63$/bbl


Source: Bloomberg

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