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Early SOFR/Treasury Option Roundup, Put Remain Focus

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Flurry of low delta put trade in Tsy 5Y, 10Y and SOFR options in the last few minutes. Overall volume remains light, however, particularly in underlying futures: TYZ3 - still under 200k at the moment. Rate hike projections through year end near steady late Monday levels, Sep 20 FOMC is 6.8% w/ implied rate change of +1.7bp to 5.347%. November cumulative of +11.5p at 5.446, December cumulative of 13.1bp at 5.462%. Fed terminal up to 5.455% in Dec'23.

  • SOFR Options:
    • Block, 4,000 SFRX3 94.50/94.62 put spds, 6.5 ref 94.545
    • Block/screen, 5,250 0QF4 95.37/95.62/95.87 put flys, 3.5 ref 95.89
    • 2,000 2QU3 96.37/96.50 call spds ref 96.17
    • 2,000 SFRH4 95.00 calls vs. 1,000 2QH4 96.25 calls
    • 1,500 SFRV3/SFRX3 94.37/94.50 put spd spds
  • Treasury Options:
    • 5,000 FVX3 106.75 calls, ref 106-04
    • 1,000 FVX3 107.5/108/108.5 call flys ref 106-04
    • 2,000 wk3 TY 108.5/109 put spds, 5 ref 109-24.5
    • over 7,700 TYV3 109 puts, 17 ref 109-24
    • 1,000 TYV3 110.5/111.5 call spds, 13 ref 109-26
    • 2,000 TYV3 111 calls, 11 ref 109-25.5

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