Spot Bitcoin ETF Options Could Start Trading as Early as Tomorrow
The availability of options is thought to possibly bring further institutional interest to the bitcoin ETFs. Options trading on spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) —…
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Bitcoin’s Implied Volatility Gauge Tops Ether for Record 20 Straight Days
The spread between dominant crypto options exchange Deribit’s forward-looking 30-day implied volatility index for ether (ETH DVOL) and bitcoin (BTC DVOL) has been consistently negative…
Mom and Pop Investors Took a Billion-Dollar Bath Trading Options During the Pandemic
(Bloomberg) — Of all the risky things amateur investors did while locked at home in the pandemic, dabbling in stock options was one that veteran investors…
Bitcoin Eyes 200-Day Moving Average Support as $2B Options Expiration Nears
The max pain price for Friday’s bitcoin options expiry is $44,000. Bitcoin is again experiencing moderate price turbulence heading into the monthly options expiration. The cryptocurrency…
Bitcoin Drops After $1.6B Monthly Options Expiry
The “max pain point” for the July expiry was $35,000. Bitcoin faced selling pressure on Friday after Deribit, the world’s largest crypto options exchange by volume…
Bitcoin Options Traders Position for Gains (to $80K?) in Historically Bullish April
Theoretically, the $80,000 call represents a bet that bitcoin would settle above that level on April 30. Some bitcoin options traders are betting this year’s…
Bitcoin Traders Brace for Record $6B in Options to Expire Friday
The record bitcoin options expiry could be bearish overhang on the market. They call it “max pain” in the bitcoin options market: How to make one’s trading…
Bitcoin Bounces as Options Market Sees 20% Chance of $50K at Month’s End
Bitcoin’s recovery from Monday’s low is gathering pace, with the options market pricing in a double-digit probability of an above $50,000 by the month-end. The…
CME Reveals Details of Upcoming Bitcoin Options Contracts
CME Group has just published the specifications for its upcoming bitcoin options contracts. The Chicago exchange revealed Wednesday that each contract would be based on one of…
Crypto Exchange Aggregator Caspian to Offer Crypto Options and Futures Trading
Institutional crypto trading, portfolio and risk management platform Caspian announced that it has integrated its platform with cryptocurrency futures and options trading exchange Deribit. The news was revealed in a press…