Options reveal scale of induced FX volatility
Oct 3 (Reuters) -Overnight options now expire at 10:00 a.m. New York time on Friday, and therefore include September's U.S. jobs data, with the significant increase in related premiums showing the expected FX market reaction.
FX volatility is a key yet unknown parameter of an FX option premium, so dealers use implied volatility - their best estimate. Any change in implied volatility when its related expiry date includes a potentially market-moving event will therefore show how much additional FX volatility that event is expected to generate.
Overnight expiry is the shortest duration option and offers the best indication of short-term FX volatility risk. Overnight expiry implied volatility for the major USD pairs has increased significantly since Wednesday, although just shy of the levels seen ahead of the Sept. 6 non-farm payroll data release, which was a 2024 high due to the data being key to the ensuing U.S. policy decision on Sept. 18.
Overnight EUR/USD implied volatility is up from 9.0 to 13.5 since Wednesday - a premium/break-even for a simple vanilla straddle of 41 USD pips to 62 USD pips in either direction. It peaked 14.5 or 67 USD pips before the Sept. 6 NFP release.
Overnight USD/JPY implied volatility is up from 18.5 to 27.0 since Wednesday - a premium/break-even of 113 JPY pips to 165 JPY pips in either direction. It peaked at 31.0 or 185 JPY pips before the Sept. 6 NFP release.
Overnight expiry AUD/USD implied volatility jumps from 14.0 to 20.0, a premium/break-even of 40 to 57 USD pips and equalling last month's NFP risk premium.
Traders should also watch benchmark 1-month expiry options, which are now rolling over the U.S. election/results nL1N3LF06F
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Overnight/next day expiry FXO implied volatility https://tmsnrt.rs/3BvfzLy
(Richard Pace is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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