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FI Option Trades Mixed, Rate Cut Projections Tempered

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SOFR and Treasury option focus shifted from better call volume overnight to mixed during the NY session, puts traded on decent size as underlying futures unwound a portion of Friday's rally as markets tempered 2024 rate cut projections: December at -.3bp at 5.333%, January 2024 cumulative -3.3bp at 5.302%, March 2024 pricing in -54.2% chance of a rate cut with cumulative at -16.8bp at 5.167%, May 2024 pricing in -66.0% (-71.2% this morning) with cumulative -33.3bp at 5.002%. Fed terminal at 5.330% in Feb'24.

  • SOFR Options:
    • +14,000 pit/Screen and Block: SFRF4 94.68/94.81/94.87/95.00 call condors, 5.5-5.25
    • 1,600 SFRH4 94.62 puts vs. SFRM4 94.75/95.12 put spds
    • 7,200 SFRZ3 97.00/97.12 put spds, ref 94.625
    • 2,635 SFRF4 94.50/94.75/94.87 broken put flys, ref 94.88
    • +14,000 SFRG4 94.75 puts, 5.0 vs. 94.89/0.27% remains bid
    • Block, 1500 0QZ3 95.43/95.93/96.37 2x6x3 call flys 7.5/wings over, 19.0
    • Block, 3,000 0QZ3 96.12/96.37/96.50 broken call flys, 4.0 vs. 95.955/0.12%
    • Block, 1,250 0QZ3 95.43/95.87/96.25 2x6x3 call flys 7.5/wings over
    • Block, 5,000 0QG4 97.00/97.25 call spds, 3.0 vs. 96.185/0.05% at 0607:05ET
    • 3,000 SFRH4 95.00/96.00 call spds ref 94.89
    • 10,000 2QZ3 96.56/96.75/96.93 call flys ref 96.52
    • 2,500 0QZ3 95.75 puts, 6.0 ref 95.96
    • 2,000 SFRH4 94.93 puts, ref 94.87
    • 1,500 0QM4 97.25/97.75 call spds ref 96.425
    • 2,000 0QM4 96.50/97.25 call spds ref 96.425
  • Treasury Options:
    • +10,000 wk3 TY 109.75/110.75 strangles, 1
    • 2,000 FVH4 104.75/106.25 2x1 put spds ref 107-04.75
    • +15,000 wk3 10Y 111 calls, 32 vs. 110-14.5/0.38%
    • over 11,500 TYF4 107.5 puts, 4-6
    • over 9,400 TYF4 109 puts, 19 last
    • over 7,200 TYF4 111.5 calls, 31 last
    • 4,200 TYG4 107.5/110 2x1 put spds
    • 1,500 TYF3 110.5/111.5 call spds ref 110-21.5

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