SONIA: Latest Option trades

Aug-15 09:51

SFIX4 95.40/95.55/95.70c fly, bought for 3.5 in 2k.

SFIQ4 95.15/95.25/95.35c fly, trades for 6 in 5k.

Historical bullets

US TSY OPTIONS: USU4 116.00 Puts Given

Jul-16 09:49

USU4 116.00 puts 5K given at 0-26, delta -18%.

GERMAN AUCTION RESULTS: New 2.50% Oct-29 Bobl

Jul-16 09:33
2.50% Oct-29 Bobl* Previous
ISIN DE000BU25034 DE000BU25026
Total sold E4bln E4bln
Allotted E3.261bln E3.358bln
Avg yield 2.39% 2.45%
Bid-to-offer 1.64x 1.79x
Bid-to-cover 2.01x 2.13x
Average Price 100.51 98.42
Low acc. Price 100.51 98.42
Pre-auction mid 98.390
Previous date 18-Jun-24

GILTS: Rally Extends

Jul-16 09:25

A move lower in equity & crude oil futures has allowed gilts to rally.

  • Gilt futures +36 at 98.64, initial resistance (98.53) breached. Bulls now look to the June 25 high (98.92), protecting key resistance at the June 21 high (99.23).
  • Cash gilt yields are 3.5-5.5bp lower, bull steepening.
  • 20-Year supply passed smoothly, with recent cheapening on the 10-/20-/30-Year fly helping generate solid demand metrics.
  • SONIA futures extend early gains alongside gilts, last flat to +8.0.
  • BoE-dated OIS shows 11.5bp of cuts for August and ~51bp of easing through year end, still off recent dovish extremes.
  • Kantar supermarket price metrics showed the lowest Y/Y rise in nearly 3 years.
  • UK CPI & labour market data, as well as the King’s speech, are due over the next ~48 hours.