#optionsexpiration
optionsexpiration
87,411 views
25 Discussing
Hot
Latest
FRIDAY PRESS RELEASE: WHY THE END OF THE QUARTER IS THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR YOUR POSITIONS 📅💥
Last Friday of March, June, September, or December. Time 11:00 AM MSK. The market starts to go haywire, orders get squeezed in both directions, and any setups break down. It's the expiration of quarterly futures and options.
• What's happening: Major institutional players are closing billion-dollar contracts or rolling them over to the next quarter.
• The trap's essence: The market maker is obligated to push the asset's price to the so-called Max Pain point — the price at which the maximum number of retail traders' options will expire worthless, benefiting the contract sellers (exchanges).
Stay out of the market during the expiration week. Let the big players divide the profits.
👇 Open the ETH widget. Check the dates of past major squeezes — they perfectly align with the end of the quarter!
#Options #OptionsExpiration
#Ethereum $ETH #CryptoFREEMEN
Last Friday of March, June, September, or December. Time 11:00 AM MSK. The market starts to go haywire, orders get squeezed in both directions, and any setups break down. It's the expiration of quarterly futures and options.
• What's happening: Major institutional players are closing billion-dollar contracts or rolling them over to the next quarter.
• The trap's essence: The market maker is obligated to push the asset's price to the so-called Max Pain point — the price at which the maximum number of retail traders' options will expire worthless, benefiting the contract sellers (exchanges).
Stay out of the market during the expiration week. Let the big players divide the profits.
👇 Open the ETH widget. Check the dates of past major squeezes — they perfectly align with the end of the quarter!
#Options #OptionsExpiration
#Ethereum $ETH #CryptoFREEMEN
#OptionsExpiration
Market sentiment: Neutral-Defensive. What you need to know about today's $1.5 billion options expiration? 📉🤔
Today, May 22, another trading week comes to an end, and with it comes the time for cryptocurrency options to expire. Despite the loud numbers, there is no need to panic - this volume is relatively small, so it is unlikely to bring direct shocks to the spot market. However, trader sentiment and key figures provide a clear understanding of where the wind is blowing.
Key takeaways from the report:
➡️ #bitcoin : Traders are on the defensive
Volume: About 20,500 contracts worth $1.53 billion are expiring.
Put/Call ratio: 0.69. This means that there are still more longs (bets on growth) in the market than shorts, although buyers are now behaving more cautiously.
Max Pain: $79,000. The spot price is currently fluctuating slightly lower (local low is recorded at $76,750), so some contracts will burn out of the money.
Key Levels: The highest open interest (OI) is centered at the strike price of $80,000 ($1.65 billion on Deribit). At the same time, bears have hedged with $1.2 billion in volume at $60,000.
➡️ #Ethereum : Full uncertainty
Volume: 123,000 contracts expiring for $263 million.
Put/Call ratio: 1.03 (almost a perfect 1:1 balance).
Max Pain: $2,200.
Deribit Note: Sentiment on ETH has changed from bullish last week to neutral. Traders have taken a wait-and-see approach and are waiting for new triggers.
📊 General market context
May and June are historically considered difficult months for crypto. According to Greeks Live analysts, major players are now actively building up defensive positions - buying insurance against a fall and controlling costs. However, there is no talk of capitulation or market collapse.
The total capitalization of the crypto market has fallen to $2.67 trillion (minus about $50 billion in a week) due to macroeconomic pressure. BTC has not yet been able to consolidate above $78,000, leading to a sluggish alt season.
Market sentiment: Neutral-Defensive. What you need to know about today's $1.5 billion options expiration? 📉🤔
Today, May 22, another trading week comes to an end, and with it comes the time for cryptocurrency options to expire. Despite the loud numbers, there is no need to panic - this volume is relatively small, so it is unlikely to bring direct shocks to the spot market. However, trader sentiment and key figures provide a clear understanding of where the wind is blowing.
Key takeaways from the report:
➡️ #bitcoin : Traders are on the defensive
Volume: About 20,500 contracts worth $1.53 billion are expiring.
Put/Call ratio: 0.69. This means that there are still more longs (bets on growth) in the market than shorts, although buyers are now behaving more cautiously.
Max Pain: $79,000. The spot price is currently fluctuating slightly lower (local low is recorded at $76,750), so some contracts will burn out of the money.
Key Levels: The highest open interest (OI) is centered at the strike price of $80,000 ($1.65 billion on Deribit). At the same time, bears have hedged with $1.2 billion in volume at $60,000.
➡️ #Ethereum : Full uncertainty
Volume: 123,000 contracts expiring for $263 million.
Put/Call ratio: 1.03 (almost a perfect 1:1 balance).
Max Pain: $2,200.
Deribit Note: Sentiment on ETH has changed from bullish last week to neutral. Traders have taken a wait-and-see approach and are waiting for new triggers.
📊 General market context
May and June are historically considered difficult months for crypto. According to Greeks Live analysts, major players are now actively building up defensive positions - buying insurance against a fall and controlling costs. However, there is no talk of capitulation or market collapse.
The total capitalization of the crypto market has fallen to $2.67 trillion (minus about $50 billion in a week) due to macroeconomic pressure. BTC has not yet been able to consolidate above $78,000, leading to a sluggish alt season.
Log in to explore more content