In other words, buyers of call and put options expiring on April 30 will suffer maximum loss if bitcoin settles at $54,000 on Friday.
“Options and futures are new critical datapoints for traders.
The month-end pullbacks happened as back then the max pain point was well below the spot price.
At press time, bitcoin is changing hands near $54,500, representing a nearly 1% gain on the day.
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