US election risk is a large blip on the FX options radar
Repeats with no changes
Oct 4 (Reuters) -The outcome of the Nov. 5 U.S. election is now included within the benchmark 1-month FX option expiry on Nov. 6 and a significant jump in related premiums warns of the realised volatility risk to FX markets.
FX volatility is a key yet unknown parameter of an FX option premium, so dealers use implied volatility as a substitute. If realised volatility matches implied volatility over the life of the option it should cover the premium. While this makes volatility a tradable asset, implied volatility is also a bellwether for realised volatility expectations, especially short-term expiries when including a major event like Friday's U.S. jobs data.
One-month expiry AUD/USD options were the first of the major G10 FX pairings to include the U.S. election from Thursday - jumping from 9.6 to 10.6 and now around 10.9, which is just shy of the 2024 highs at 11.25 from early August.
One-month expiry EUR/USD implied volatility has increased from 6.2 to 7.5 - a new high since June. One-month USD/JPY was already elevated around 12.5 amid the recent spot volatility/gains, but has added another 1.0 to 13.5 since including the U.S. election - a new high since early August. One-month USD/CHF is 8.4 from 7.25 and GBP/USD 1-month now 8.75 from 7.7 before including the U.S. election.
For more click on FXBUZ
1-month expiry FXO implied volatility https://tmsnrt.rs/3Nd8emv
Richard Pace is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own; editing by David Evans
免责声明: XM Group仅提供在线交易平台的执行服务和访问权限，并允许个人查看和/或使用网站或网站所提供的内容，但无意进行任何更改或扩展，也不会更改或扩展其服务和访问权限。所有访问和使用权限，将受下列条款与条例约束：(i) 条款与条例；(ii) 风险提示；以及(iii) 完整免责声明。请注意，网站所提供的所有讯息，仅限一般资讯用途。此外，XM所有在线交易平台的内容并不构成，也不能被用于任何未经授权的金融市场交易邀约和/或邀请。金融市场交易对于您的投资资本含有重大风险。
所有在线交易平台所发布的资料，仅适用于教育/资讯类用途，不包含也不应被视为用于金融、投资税或交易相关咨询和建议，或是交易价格纪录，或是任何金融商品或非应邀途径的金融相关优惠的交易邀约或邀请。
本网站上由XM和第三方供应商所提供的所有内容，包括意见、新闻、研究、分析、价格、其他资讯和第三方网站链接，皆保持不变，并作为一般市场评论所提供，而非投资性建议。所有在线交易平台所发布的资料，仅适用于教育/资讯类用途，不包含也不应被视为适用于金融、投资税或交易相关咨询和建议，或是交易价格纪录，或是任何金融商品或非应邀途径的金融相关优惠的交易邀约或邀请。请确保您已阅读并完全理解，XM非独立投资研究提示和风险提示相关资讯，更多详情请点击 这里。
