{"id":46948,"date":"2025-06-27T13:58:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crypto-globe.com\/?p=46948"},"modified":"2025-06-27T13:58:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:58:22","slug":"bitcoin-options-worth-15-billion-expire-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crypto-globe.com\/en\/bitcoin-options-worth-15-billion-expire-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin options worth $15 billion expire today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>At 10:00 CET today, a record volume of Bitcoin options worth nearly $15 billion will expire on the Deribit exchange. In addition to daily, weekly, and monthly contracts, quarterly contracts will also expire. There is currently approximately $2.5 billion in the money.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Market sentiment and key threshold<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Options allow the holder to buy or sell Bitcoin at a predetermined price, with no obligation to exercise. This flexibility makes options a popular tool for speculation and hedging against risk. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deribit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Deribit<\/a> remains the main player in the market, handling about three-quarters of all Bitcoin option trades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The price of Bitcoin is hovering around $107,500. <strong>Analysts are pointing to the so-called Max Pain Price of $102,000, where most options would expire worthless.<\/strong> The put\/call ratio rose from 0.69 to 0.75, indicating a shift toward neutral sentiment and possible hedging against a decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contract distribution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A total of 139,381 options are expiring, with 16.6% in the money. <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto-globe.com\/en\/investment-interest-in-bitcoin-etfs-breaks-records-despite-market-uncertainty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Call options<\/a> (bullish) are worth $1.95 billion, while put options (bearish) are worth $537 million. These positions may affect market volatility after 10 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are more than 2,200 put options around the $105,000 mark, as well as the 50-day moving average. This zone may serve as a target for <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto-globe.com\/en\/running-out-of-btc-on-the-exchanges-supply-drops-to-2-5-million-is-a-supply-shock-coming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">selling pressure<\/a>. Although options do not guarantee that they will be exercised, expirations often bring increased trading volume and price fluctuations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 10:00 CET today, a record volume of Bitcoin options worth nearly $15 billion will expire on the Deribit exchange. In addition to daily, weekly, and monthly contracts, quarterly contracts will also expire. There is currently approximately $2.5 billion in the money. Market sentiment and key threshold Options allow the holder to buy or sell [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[162],"tags":[99,249],"class_list":["post-46948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-crypto","tag-bitcoin-en","tag-options"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"aioseo_meta":{"seo_title":"$15B in Bitcoin Options Expire Today #separator_sa #site_title","meta_description":"Nearly $15 billion in Bitcoin options are set to expire today on Deribit, with $2.5B in the money. 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