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ICE Brent Option Expiry – Thursday 22 Dec

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ICE Brent Option Expiry – Thursday 22 December 2022 at 19:30GMT close

  • A total of 418mbbls of open Feb23 options positions are currently due to expire on Thursday 22 December. Current open interest is 278k for calls and 140k for puts.
  • The aggregate open interest across all ICE Brent options is 1.458m calls and 0.857m puts contracts.
  • The biggest strike of interest is near the current market level at 80$/bbl with 9.4k put contracts and 4.8k calls.
  • Below is a chart showing front month Brent open interest by strike (Brent 80.78$/bbl):


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