September 06, 2024 10:42 GMT
OPTIONS: Markets Isolate Funding Currencies for NFP Reaction
OPTIONS
- Markets have isolated funding currencies as carrying the greatest NFP-tied risk into the data today, with options trades adding the most notable vol premium for JPY and CHF relative to all other currencies in G10.
- This further reinforces the view that today's NFP print will prove critical for rate expectations and could spur the next phase of strength for CHF and JPY - with assumed Fed rate cuts and the subsequent tightening of rate differentials a key driver this year.
- Vol markets added an overnight premium of over 13 points for USD/JPY and over 10 points for USD/CHF for options rolling off at today's cut, blowing out the implied break-evens across both pairs. USD/JPY prices a near 150 pip swing on today's data, close to three times the YTD average for a routine session.
- This raises the focus on the bear trigger and key support at 141.70, with December 2023's low just below at 140.25. That said, rates markets are clearly primed for more significant reaction in case of a hawkish surprise today, meaning 144.64, the 50% retracement for the downleg off the Sep03 high should be considered.
- NFP Preview here: https://media.marketnews.com/USNFP_Sep2024_Preview_156b327b83.pdf
- Rates markets set-up here: https://marketnews.com/us-tsys-stir-hawkish-nfp-outcome-poses-greatest-risk-to-market-positioning
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