Today’s Options Overview October 13, 2026
Today’s Options Overview October 13, 2026 Spot Rates EUR/USD: 1.1178 USD/JPY: 158.24 GBP/USD: 1.3225 USD/CHF: 0.8325 USD/CAD: 1.4265 AUD/USD: 0.6962 NZD/USD: 0.5594 EUR/GBP: 0.8449 Options Expiring Today — October 13 EUR/USD 1.1260 — €978 million 1.1290 — €3.1 billion — Largest 1.1300 — €1.2 billion 1.1315 — €1.1 billion Current spot is 1.1178. The largest […]
Technical Analysis — October 13, 2026
Technical Analysis — October 13, 2026 Overview Today’s main themes are rebounds in major currencies against the dollar, weakness in the hourly charts for USD/JPY and crude oil, and divergence among equity indices. EUR/USD, GBP/USD, AUD/USD, and NZD/USD have improved to strong buys from the short-term charts through the hourly chart. However, all remain bearish […]
Technical Analysis — October 12, 2026
Technical Analysis — October 12, 2026 Overview Today’s main themes are continued dollar strength, weakness in the euro and New Zealand dollar, and improving conditions in crude oil and European equities. USD/JPY is a strong buy across all timeframes. USD/CHF and USD/CAD are also strong buys from the 15-minute chart through the daily chart, showing […]
Today’s Options Overview October 12, 2026
Today’s Options Overview October 12, 2026 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Spot Rates at the Time of Publication ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ EUR/USD: 1.1210 USD/JPY: 158.22 GBP/USD: 1.3244 USD/CHF: 0.8298 USD/CAD: 1.4257 AUD/USD: 0.6981 NZD/USD: 0.5606 EUR/GBP: Unconfirmed ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Options Expiring Today October 12 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ■ EUR/USD 1.1225 — €611 million Current spot: 1.1210 The 1.1225 strike is close, around 15 pips […]
USD/JPY in the 158s: The Next Move Hinges on U.S. Inflation
USD/JPY has recovered into the 158s, but the mid-158s remain resistance. This week’s U.S. CPI and retail sales may shape the next move, while the weekly trading result was −$7,131.
Why a Strong Dollar Index May Not Lift USD/JPY
Learn how the dollar index basket can rise while USD/JPY falls, with a clear hypothetical calculation and a practical checklist for comparing currency charts.
Technical Analysis — October 9, 2026
Technical analysis shows broad short-term rebounds in yen crosses and metals, while daily trends remain mixed. USD/JPY and AUD/NZD retain Strong Buy alignment across all timeframes.
FX Options Overview — October 9, 2026
Major FX option expiries cluster near EUR/USD 1.1200–1.1255, USD/JPY 158.00 and AUD/USD 0.6950–0.7000 for October 9, 2026.
FX Daily Report — October 9, 2026
Dollar and yen buying is easing as crude oil and U.S. yields pause. Key levels are 158.00, 158.42 and 158.50, with U.S. consumer sentiment and Canadian employment data in focus.
Yen Intervention Risk: Separating Warnings, Price Action and Evidence
A sharp move in USD/JPY is evidence that prices changed, not proof that authorities intervened.