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WTI Option Expiry – Mon 17 Apr

OIL OPTIONS

WTI Option Expiry – Mon 17th April 23 at 14:30 ET close

  • A total of 528kbbls of open May 23 options positions on CME and ICE are due to expire against the May future close on Monday. Current aggregate open interest is 280k calls and 248k puts.
  • The open interest across all WTI options on both exchanges is currently 1.97m calls and 1.21m puts.
  • A significant volume of about 14k of both calls and put sits below the current market at the 80$/bbl strike with another 14k of calls above the current price at 85$/bbl.
  • Below is a graph showing the current WTI front month options open interest (WTI 82.26$/bbl):


Source: MNI / Bloomberg

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