(Repeats after removing Monday's strike expiries )

Feb 24 (Reuters) - The cash hedging of large and soon-to-expire FX option strikes may bolster any nearby support and resistance levels, while potentially having a magnetic effect on FX price action towards each day's 10 a.m. New York cut expiry. It is therefore worth knowing where they reside in advance and once again it is EUR/USD strikes which dominate the calendar this week.

No surprise to see EUR/USD pinned to a massive 5.4 billion euros of 1.0460-70 strikes in to Monday's New York cut expiry. Tuesday's largest strikes are at 1.0390-1.0400 (2.5BLN), 1.0450 (931 million) and 1.0550 (1.4BLN). On Wednesday they are at 1.0400 (2BLN), 1.0420-30 (2.5BLN), 1.0450 (3BLN), 1.0495-1.0500 (2BLN), 1.0515-30 (5BLN), 1.0550 (2.4BLN) and 1.0600 (3.6BLN). Thursday's are at 1.0450 (1.2BLN) and 1.0470-75 (1.4BLN). and Friday's at 1.0390-1.0400 (3.8BLN), 1.0550-60 (2.5BLN) and 1.0600 (1.3BLN).

The largest USD/CHF strikes expire on Wednesday at 0.8955 on $708 billion (708BLN), Thursday at 0.9040 (626BLN) and Friday at 0.8875 (1BLN) and 0.8920 (1.2BLN). The biggest EUR/CHF strike expires Wednesday at 0.9400 on 655 million euros.

Standout GBP/USD strikes expire on Wednesday at 1.2500 on 587 million pounds(587M) and 1.2675 (654M), and on Thursday at 1.2700 on (834MLN). The biggest EUR/GBP strike expiries on Friday are at 0.8245 on 540 million euros.

The only AUD/USD strikes expiring at over A$ 500 million this week are on Wednesday at 0.6400 (1.1BLN), Thursday at 0.6345-50 (850M) and 0.6455 (508M), and on Friday at 0.6420 (595M). The biggest NZD/USD strike expires on Friday at 0.5615 on NZ$627 million.

Standout USD/CAD strikes expire on Thursday at 1.4150-60 on $2.6 billion (2.6BLN), 1.4200 (1.2BLN), 1.4350 (1.2BLN) and 1.4390-1.4400 (1.9BLN). On Friday they expire at 1.4290-1.4300 (2BLN) and 1.4400 (1.3BLN).

The biggest USD/JPY strikes expiring this week are on Wednesday at 147.00 on $1.6 billion (1.6BLN), 150.00 (1.7BLN) and 151.00 (1.5BLN), on Thursday at 150.00 (1.9BLN) and Friday at 150.00 (1.3BLN). There is also a EUR/JPY strike expiry on Wednesday 155.00 on 1.1 billion euros and an AUD/JPY strike expiry on Wednesday at 93.50 on A$510 million.
EUR/USD FX option strikes expiring Feb 24-28


(Richard Pace is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own, editing by Ed Osmond)