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This weekly recap links a strong rally in Bitcoin and Ether spot prices with changes in derivatives positioning. It describes rising futures-implied yields, elevated perpetual funding, and options skew shifting toward out-of-the-money calls. The report…
This weekly market recap interprets futures yields, perpetual swap funding, and options data for Bitcoin and Ether. It reports that both assets had bounced from range lows and were trading near the middle of their recent ranges, while funding stayed around…
This comparison describes how foreign exchange and crypto markets organize venues, liquidity, and access. It argues that both markets are fragmented because different client types value different combinations of execution quality, cost, regulation, custody,…
This educational guide explains Deribit’s USDC settled options on SOL, XRP, and MATIC, contrasting them with BTC and ETH inverse options. Shared USDC collateral can simplify multi currency positions, USD based profit and loss tracking, and cash secured puts.…
This desk commentary examines Bitcoin and Ether options activity during the March 2023 banking turmoil, including USDC’s depeg and renewed volatility. It describes a surge in Bitcoin option volume, sharp increases in short dated implied volatility, and a…
This weekly market note interprets Bitcoin options activity across two episodes in early March 2021. It links rallies and tests of support to changes in put selling, call demand, implied volatility, skew, and near dated gamma exposure. The author…
This analysis explains how Bitcoin’s realized volatility rose in brief spikes during sharp price selloffs in 2022, while long stretches of sideways trading kept volatility subdued. It describes the effect of a rolling 14-day estimate: one large daily return…
This options-market note interprets positioning amid attention to Grayscale Bitcoin Trust outflows, ETF inflows, and possible supply from Mt. Gox and Celsius. It describes an ETH options trader rolling a short call closer to at-the-money and selling another…
This market commentary describes a relatively quiet crypto weekend, with Bitcoin and Ether little changed while some altcoin sectors softened. It observes that crypto volatility had declined even as trading volume increased, interpreting that combination as…
This commentary tracks how a spot-market selloff affected indicators of bullish demand in BTC and ETH perpetual swaps and futures. It reports that perpetual funding turned sharply negative during the selloff, then returned to positive but muted levels. BTC…
This weekly review weighs improving crypto prices and derivatives sentiment against macroeconomic risks. It links the market rebound to expectations that recession concerns could slow Federal Reserve tightening, while arguing that inflation, liquidity…
This trade idea pairs a bullish view on Solana with a call ratio spread: buy one out-of-the-money call and sell two calls at a higher strike with the same expiry. The example uses SOL options and describes the position as a net credit, with its maximum…
The article explains Deribit’s SOL inverse futures and options, which let traders post SOL as collateral while taking positions tied to SOL’s dollar price. Profit and loss is calculated in dollars and then settled in SOL, unlike USDC linear perpetuals that…
This brief flow report describes BTC options activity around a price move driven by changing U.S.–Iran headlines. As BTC moved above the recent trading range, short calls were reportedly covered or rolled to higher strikes, while some traders continued…
This weekly review links expectations of Federal Reserve tightening to weakness in crypto prices and changing derivatives indicators. It describes the prospect of earlier rate increases and a smaller balance sheet as a threat to liquidity, then reports…
This commentary interprets a crypto rally through options-market measures, emphasizing ETH’s stronger momentum relative to BTC. It describes ETH realized volatility rising sharply, front-end implied volatility increasing, and call skew turning positive as…
This market note reviews the rebound in BTC and ETH after a sharp decline, then focuses on how realized and implied volatility, skew, and option flows changed. It reports that realized volatility moved closer to implied volatility as large price moves left…
This Portuguese course listing maps out an introductory curriculum for cryptocurrency options. It begins with an introduction and basic option definitions, then covers calls and puts in general and in crypto-specific contexts. Later sections focus on…
This commentary considers how uncertainty around the US election could affect BTC volatility. It argues that predicting the direction of BTC after a defined political event is difficult, while a large move in either direction may create demand for options. A…
This strategy note outlines a bull call spread for a trader expecting BTC to rise toward or above a stated target over a short horizon. The position buys a lower strike call and sells a higher strike call with the same expiry. The example uses two…
This weekly market recap reviews BTC and ETH futures yields and options implied volatility. It reports that short tenor futures yields weakened, with ETH yields falling below zero at shorter tenors, while longer tenor yields were comparatively steady. It…
The article explains how impermanent loss can affect liquidity providers in automated market makers. In constant-function pools, prices do not automatically track external markets; arbitrageurs can trade against stale pool prices after a token moves,…
This introductory article explains how trading bots apply user-defined rules to monitor markets and place trades. It outlines why the author considers crypto suitable for algorithmic trading, citing volatility, continuous market access, and the market’s…
The note reviews a brief burst of Bitcoin and Ether options buying as prices fell below stated levels. It describes December put spreads that put attention on a lower strike, alongside call buying in Ether and a large buyer of March Bitcoin calls. The…