EUR Vol: Gamma back below pre-SVB levels
Gamma below pre-SVB levels
Euro implieds are finishing the day lower despite volatility in the underlying surrounding the US CPI prints. Global fixed income initially spiked higher after the US data but the bids were quick to fade and the 10y yield is closing 5.5bps higher at 2.365% following a 15bps intra-day range.
Gamma in the top right has finished the session 3 to 6 normals lower. The move was led by 1m10y, down 6 normals at 104.8, with the latest losses taking the market below the pre-SVB levels from mid-March and just 3-4 normals away from the 2023 lows.
“Credit concerns continue to fade, accounts are looking to put their money to work once again and for some funds that means unwinding long vol positions,” reported one trader.
Elsewhere, the upper left declined by 2 to 4.5 normals as Euribors sold off by 7-10bps and the market fully priced an ECB peak of 3.75% for the first time since the recent credit crisis. In vol, 1y1y is marked 2 normals lower at 117.9, but remains some 35 normals higher than the 2023 lows. "There's probably some residual credit uncertainty," suggested one trader.
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