By Richard Pace — Feb 06 - 03:06 AM
• Overnight expiry FX options included the BoE rate decision from Wednesday
• There was no change to the price of overnight expiry GBP options Tues-Wed
• Implied volatility was 14.0 - premium/breakeven 73 USD pips either direction
• However, Overnight expiry is now Friday and therefore includes U.S. NFP
• That's lifted overnight expiry implied volatility to 17.0 or 89 USD pips
• Market fully pricing 25bps cut to 4.5% on Thursday with an 8-1 vote
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Overnight expiry GBP/USD implied volatility
(Richard Pace is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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London Stock Exchange Group | Thomson Reuters