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Overnight SOFR/Treasury Option Roundup

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Better upside call trade in SOFR options overnight following Fri's strong rebound in 2s-10s amid speculation over a 75bps hike at year end (WSJ/Timiraos) underscored by midday comments from SF Fed Daly (FOMC needs to start considering a slowing the pace of interest rate hikes in order to avoid tightening monetary policy too much). SOFR Options:
  • 35,000 SFRZ2 95.75/95.87 call spds
  • 8,500 Block/screen SFRZ2 95.37/95.50/95.56/95.68 call condors
  • 3,000 short Aug 95.25 puts
  • Block, 8,880 SFRZ2 95.00/95.12/95.25/95.37 put condors, 5.0-5.5
  • Treasury Options seeing better put volumes so far:
    • 5,000 TYZ 109/110 put spds, 25-27
    • 10,000 Block/screen TYZ 108 puts, 33-32
    • Block, total 15,000 FVZ 105.25 puts, 28-23

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