Crypto Derivatives Positioning After a Market Selloff
Summary
This weekly report surveys Bitcoin and Ether futures yields, perpetual funding, implied volatility, and option skew after a sharp risk-off move. It says front-end volatility declined and derivatives conditions appeared to stabilize, while funding improved for Bitcoin and gradually recovered for Ether. The report’s main positioning contrast is between longer-dated options, where smiles remained tilted toward out-of-the-money calls, and shorter tenors, where put demand signaled continued caution.
The supporting observations include slightly steeper futures yield curves, lower short-tenor option premiums, and oscillating negative short-tenor Ether skew. The report also lists exchange-level and composite volatility surfaces, expiry smiles, and constant-maturity comparisons, but supplies no detailed chart values in the text. It is a qualitative snapshot rather than a backtest or strategy specification: stabilization is described as provisional, and the options market suggests that longer-run optimism can coexist with near-term hedging demand.
Key ideas
- Front-end implied volatility fell for Bitcoin and Ether after the recent selloff.
- Bitcoin funding turned positive, while Ether funding remained negative but improved.
- Longer-dated Bitcoin options retained call skew even as short-tenor options favored puts.
- Short-tenor Ether skew remained negative and varied substantially.
- The report presents a provisional stabilization view based on market indicators, without a tested forecasting method.
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