OTC Derivatives Trading
Summary: USDMXN spot is back trading around 20.00 level and realized vol has gradually come lower over the last month while we have seen a pickup in implied vol over the last week. This has made USDMXN trade with a 4 vol risk premium, the highest since the US election, while spot been establishing a range around 20.00.
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USDMXN has traded lower over the last months, coming down from 21.5000 highs in February to now trade below 20.0000.
Vol has gradually traded lower as spot has moved lower. 1 month traded down to 11.00 2 weeks ago but has now traded back up to 12.00. This with spot ranging around 20.00 level which has had realized vol continue to trade lower and currently trade around 8.00. This gives a risk premium of around 4 vol which is the highest since the US election.
We see this as good opportunity so sell strangles to capture to high risk premium.
Sell 2 weeks 19.8000 USDMXN put
Sell 2 weeks 20.2000 USDMXN call
Receive 1850 pips
Alternative
Sell 1 month 19.6000 USDMXN put
Sell 1 month 20.4000 USDMXN call
Receive 2450 pips
Spot ref.: 19.9200
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