Bitcoin se prépare à l'expiration d'options de 8 milliards de dollars alors que la guerre, le pétrole et la Fed menacent une réinitialisation de la volatilité
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Bitcoin se dirige vers l'une des plus grandes expirations d'options de l'année au pire moment possible. La nouvelle a secoué les acteurs du marché, les baissiers cherchant à faire baisser les prix tandis que les haussiers tentent de défendre les niveaux de support clés. Surveillez la réaction de $ BTC $ NEAR – un mouvement décisif au-dessus ou en dessous des niveaux clés confirmera la prochaine tendance.
Bitcoin is heading into one of the year's largest options expirations at the worst possible moment. CoinGlass data shows roughly $8.07 billion in notional open interest for Deribit's options expiring on April 24, split between 56,300 calls and 49,540 puts. While the ratio itself leans bullish, it's sitting against one of the most uncertain macro backdrops in the past few months. The expiry takes place three days before the Federal Reserve convenes for its April 28-29 meeting and four days before the Bureau of Economic Analysis publishes both Q1 GDP and March PCE inflation data on April 30. That's the densest macro calendar we've seen in a while, and it opens in an environment where Fed officials have spent the past week warning, on the record, that oil-driven inflation could keep borrowing costs elevated for considerably longer than markets had assumed. There's quite a bit of tension in the derivatives structure itself. On Deribit, which now holds around $31 billion in total options open interest, surpassing even BlackRock's IBIT, the April 24 contract has heavy call positioning, with around $395 million concentrated at the $75,000 strike. Max pain for the contract sits near $71,500 to $72,000, roughly $3,000 to $4,000 below the current Bitcoin price . Chart showing the open interest for Bitcoin options on Deribit by expiry date on Apr. 21, 2026 (Source: CoinGlass ) In options markets, max pain is the price level at which the greatest number of contracts expire worthless, which benefits sellers (in this case, large institutions and market makers) over buyers. That gap can create downward gravitational pull as settlement approaches. The Fed has a new problem, and it comes from the Strait The war that began in late February, when coordinated US and Israeli strikes on Iran triggered the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway through which roughly 20% of global oil supply flows, sent Brent crude above $100 a barrel for the first time in years. Iran's reope
Key Takeaways
- Bitcoin is heading into one of the year's largest options expirations at the worst possible moment
- 07 billion in notional open interest for Deribit's options expiring on April 24, split between 56,300 calls and 49,540 puts
- While the ratio itself leans bullish, it's sitting against one of the most uncertain macro backdrops in the past few months
- There's quite a bit of tension in the derivatives structure itself
- Max pain for the contract sits near $71,500 to $72,000, roughly $3,000 to $4,000 below the current Bitcoin price