Societe Generale advocates topside AUD/USD option calls
July 4 (Reuters) -Societe Generale recommends buying a 3-month expiry AUD call/USD spread via foreign exchange options with strikes at 0.6900 and 0.7000. Designed to be held until expiry, the option can return five times the premium paid if AUD/USD is above 0.7000.
SocGen FX derivatives strategist Olivier Korber's rationale is that the Australian dollar may be the most resilient in the face of U.S. dollar strength and that apart from the Bank of Japan, the Reserve Bank of Australia isthe only major central bank contemplating raising rates due to stubborn inflation. He also notes that Australia's labour market has maintained solid momentum and is one of the few G10 economies with room to ease fiscal policy.
Korber suggests that a rate repricing could lift AUD/USD toward 0.7000 and they would expect such a move to be gradual. This view is consistent with the discount for AUD/USD implied volatility on the topside, compared to the downside, which also cheapens out-of-the money AUD calls.
This option was priced when spot was at 0.6660 on Wednesday with an indicative offer of 0.28%. The maximum loss if AUD/USD is below 0.6900 at expiry is limited to the initial premium paid.
Price action in broader AUD/USD options is also consistent with a steady spot ascent toward 0.7000. Risk reversal premiums for downside over upside strikes are edging lower and there has been a pick up in demand for outright topside strikes.
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(Richard Pace is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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