Options price threat of a major JPY move at 2024 highs
April 25 (Reuters) -The perceived threat of short term JPY-related FX volatility is at its highest levels so far this year, according to FX option pricing.
Volatility is an unknown yet key parameter of an FX option premium, so dealers use implied volatility as a stand-in. Any disparity between implied and realised volatility therefore creates a trading opportunity.
Overnight expiry (next day at 10-am New York/3-pm London) implied volatility jumped from 10.0 to 25.0 since including Friday's Bank of Japan policy announcement. The premium/break-even is now 162 JPY pips from 65 JPY pips for a simple vanilla straddle. When the BoJ/MoF last intervened in September 2022 it was just after the BoJ policy decision.
Other expiry dates are higher, too, with 1-week USD/JPY implied volatility up over 4.0 to 14.5 and 1-month by 1.0 to 10.0 in the last 24 hours.
The market is not only worried about intervention and a sharp USD/JPY setback, but also a lack of intervention that could ignite another bout of JPY weakness. DTCC traded option data shows a lack of existing topside positions which could exacerbate further USD/JPY gains.
USD/JPY option trade flows have seen demand for both higher strike and lower strike options to cover the risk from either scenario, with straddles demanding a higher premium but benefiting from a sharp JPY move in either direction.
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USDJPY 1-week and 1-month expiry FXO implied volatility https://tmsnrt.rs/3xPJ5K5
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(Richard Pace is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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