Back month call buying in WTI options… – Commodity Research Group

March 16, 2018 by Jim Colburn Leave a Comment

The CME has an excellent tool to track options activity… Typically, most activity takes place in front month options.. Yesterday, the top volume calls were in Dec18, March19 and Jun19, $80, $85, $85 strikes… Could the buyers of these be influenced by the recent IEA and OPEC monthly oil reports that suggest a tightening of supplies later in 2018? Here is the CME link: http://www.cmegroup.com/tools-information/quikstrike/options-most-active-strikes.html

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