Bitcoin's biggest options expiry is coming this year. Mark your calendar for January 30—that's when roughly $8.27 billion worth of Bitcoin options contracts hit their settlement date. It's a massive moment for the market.
Here's where it gets interesting: the options data tells an intriguing story. Call options are heavily clustered around the $100K level, suggesting plenty of bullish positioning. On the flip side, put options form a dense band between $65K and $80K, indicating traders are hedging downside risk. The max pain sits near $90K—that theoretical sweet spot where the most options expire worthless.
This kind of concentration often influences price action. When this much capital is tied up in options at specific price levels, market participants tend to pay attention. Whether Bitcoin respects these levels or breaks through them entirely, the January 30 expiry will likely spark significant moves.
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PuzzledScholar
· 12h ago
January 30th might be a bloodbath, with 80K to 100K trapping a lot of people. The max pain is around 90K... These manipulators are really ruthless.
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GateUser-44a00d6c
· 12h ago
Options worth 827 million dollars are expiring. This wave will either crash the market or surge dramatically; there's probably no third option in between.
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DAOdreamer
· 12h ago
January 30th, both bulls and bears had to fight it out; the $827 million options pressure was unavoidable. Interestingly, I see the bears are fully committed at 65-80k.
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Is the 90k max pain really that accurate? I think the main players just want to use this to shake out traders.
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Calls are stacked at 100k, puts are stacked at 65-80k. If this spread gets broken, it will be very exciting...
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Every time I look at options data, I get cut off. This time, I won't believe it—just wait and watch the show.
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It feels like January 30th will see a sharp rally or a sharp drop; no one wants to stay in the middle.
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FundingMartyr
· 12h ago
Options worth $8.27 billion are expiring. This wave will either surge or plummet; no one wants to stay at the middle ground.
Bitcoin's biggest options expiry is coming this year. Mark your calendar for January 30—that's when roughly $8.27 billion worth of Bitcoin options contracts hit their settlement date. It's a massive moment for the market.
Here's where it gets interesting: the options data tells an intriguing story. Call options are heavily clustered around the $100K level, suggesting plenty of bullish positioning. On the flip side, put options form a dense band between $65K and $80K, indicating traders are hedging downside risk. The max pain sits near $90K—that theoretical sweet spot where the most options expire worthless.
This kind of concentration often influences price action. When this much capital is tied up in options at specific price levels, market participants tend to pay attention. Whether Bitcoin respects these levels or breaks through them entirely, the January 30 expiry will likely spark significant moves.