More barriers blown to bits – Forex options expiries 18 January 2018

Here’s today’s board of forex option expiries for the 10 am (15.00 GMT) New York cut 18 January 2018

Another round of barriers were blown out late yesterday, with the 1.39 in GBPUSD and the 0.8000 in AUDUSD both wiped. It seems to be becoming a theme where traders are using the thinner liquidity times to have a crack at those and stops around big figures. There’s still barriers in place and more will pop up, no doubt. On the GBPUSD barrier at 1.40, it’s said to be a biggie and there’s also been good business in 1.40 calls of late.

Today’s vanilla expiry board is looking a bit busier. USDJPY has some size going off 110.80-111.05. For more info on the options, read “An explanation of Forex options and their impact on currency markets“.