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WTI Option Expiry – Wed 15 Feb

OIL OPTIONS

WTI Option Expiry – Wed 15th February 23 at 14:30 ET close

  • A total of 569kbbls of open March 23 options positions on CME and ICE are due to expire against the Mar future close tomorrow. Current aggregate open interest is 330k calls and 239k puts.
  • The open interest across all WTI options on both exchanges is currently 1.91m calls and 0.99m puts.
  • The closest strike price of interest is at 80$/bbl with current open positions of 10.9k calls and 7.6k puts but some volume also sits at the strikes between 77$/bbl and 78$/bbl.
  • Below is a graph showing the current WTI front month options open interest (WTI 79.24$/bbl):


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