{"id":19837,"date":"2024-06-05T12:39:14","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T20:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cannontrading.com\/tools\/support-resistance-levels\/?p=19837"},"modified":"2024-06-05T12:39:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T20:39:14","slug":"surging-volumes-and-open-interest-records-broken-in-copper-futures-and-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cannontrading.com\/tools\/support-resistance-levels\/surging-volumes-and-open-interest-records-broken-in-copper-futures-and-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Surging Volumes and Open Interest: Records Broken in Copper Futures and Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"text-align: left;\">Get Real Time updates and more by joining our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1105191589938254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Private Facebook Group<\/a>!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"text-align: left;\">Subscribe to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCf-asPYp_40m1unYPKpUhaw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube Channel<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div>Listen to our Market Recap Podcasts on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/cannon-trading-podcast\/id1741750047\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-19838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cannontrading.com\/tools\/support-resistance-levels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/C68-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"479\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cannontrading.com\/tools\/support-resistance-levels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/C68-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cannontrading.com\/tools\/support-resistance-levels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/C68-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cannontrading.com\/tools\/support-resistance-levels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/C68.jpg 841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white;\"><b><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">Volumes:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">On pace for our best\u00a0<b>copper futures (HG)<\/b>\u00a0volume year of all-time with YTD ADV of 140,125 (+32.4%).<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: #41291e;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: #41291e;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">Current Annual Record: 129,802 set in 2018.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: #41291e;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: #41291e;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">#1 volume day all-time on 5\/14\/2024 with 380,197 contracts traded.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">Copper Options volumes have exploded in 2024, on pace for our best\u00a0<b>copper options (weekly + monthly)<\/b>\u00a0volume year of all time with YTD ADV of 14,202 (+94.1%).<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: #41291e;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: #41291e;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">Current Annual Record: 5,889 set in 2018.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: #41291e;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: #41291e;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">2 of the top 5 copper options volume days have occurred this month (May) and another in mid-April (see below in yellow).<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">\u00a0<\/span><b><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">Micro copper\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">volumes continue to surge as a result of retail interest. MTD ADV of 30,288 (+505.6% YTD YoY) and YTD ADV of 11,246 (+106.9% YTD YoY).<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: #41291e;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: #41291e;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">Current Annual Record: 4,882 set in 2023.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: #41291e;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: #41291e;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">#1 volume day all-time on 5\/15\/2024 with 69,888 contracts traded.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/3dc00ef7001\/658c54bb-6ee0-4744-9f74-1803b914d0f9.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white;\"><b><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">Open Interest:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">Today\u00a0standard futures (HG) open interest of ~300k, compared to 296,441 on May 1st.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">Current options\u00a0open interest of ~320,000, compared to 235k on May 1st.\u00a0(all May OI HG options record days in yellow below)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #41291e;\">Micro copper open interest of 8,624, compared to 4,497 on May 1st.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/3dc00ef7001\/398bbcdd-b63b-48c9-88e4-b2861196b227.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/3dc00ef7001\/9fa1534e-e6af-48dc-9602-4853dd216e9c.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you are a day trader,<\/strong>\u00a0below you will see markets that our proprietary ALGO has identified as being more suitable for attacking either from the long side or the short side for the next trading session.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cannontrading.com\/company\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Questions? 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