Weekly recap of the crypto derivatives markets by BlockScholes.
Key Insights:
The bullish pre-election positioning that we saw building up earlier in October has continued with vigour over the last 3 days. Futures-implied yields, perpetual swap funding rates, and now implied volatility have risen to months-long highs, with short-tenor option expiries out-performing to invert the term structure of volatility in a similar manner to the shape we observed ahead of the ETF launch in January. ETH derivatives indicate an expectation that the second largest crypto-currency will continue its years- long trend of under-performance through the event risk, lagging BTC in all metrics and assigning a 10 point volatility premium over BTC, but echo the trend of increasing bullish sentiment that we see expressed across markets.
Futures Implied Yield, 1-Month Tenor
ATM Implied Volatility, 1-Month Tenor
Crypto Senti-Meter
BTC Derivatives Sentiment
ETH Derivatives Sentiment
Futures
BTC ANNUALISED YIELDS – The inversion of the yield term structure has deepened, reflecting increasing leveraged long positioning ahead.
ETH ANNUALISED YIELDS – futures yields invert, albeit to lower levels than BTC, reflecting bullish-but-not-that-bullish positioning ahead of the election.
Perpetual Swap Funding Rate
BTC FUNDING RATE – Intense and sustained positive funding rates reflect a willingness to pay for leveraged long exposure into next week’s event risk.
ETH FUNDING RATE – ETH’s funding rate reflects the same conclusion as it’s futures yields – bullish positioning but without the same exuberance as BTC.
BTC Options
BTC SVI ATM IMPLIED VOLATILITY – The term structure of volatility has finally inverted after months of an election-dated volatility premium.
BTC 25-Delta Risk Reversal – A brief reversal of short-dated sentiment over the last 2 days has resolved with a return to a bullish skew towards OTM calls.
ETH Options
ETH SVI ATM IMPLIED VOLATILITY – ETH’s term structure has inverted heavily at short-dated tenors, indicating a rush into pre-election positioning.
ETH 25-Delta Risk Reversal – Despite lagging BTC’s bullishness in futures and perps, ETH’s vol smiles are similarly skewed towards upside exposure.
Volatility by Exchange
BTC, 1-MONTH TENOR, SVI CALIBRATION
ETH, 1-MONTH TENOR, SVI CALIBRATION
Put-Call Skew by Exchange
BTC, 1-MONTH TENOR, 25-DELTA, SVI CALIBRATION
ETH, 1-MONTH TENOR, 25-DELTA, SVI CALIBRATION
Market Composite Volatility Surface
CeFi COMPOSITE – BTC SVI – 7:00 UTC Snapshot.
CeFi COMPOSITE – ETH SVI – 7:00 UTC Snapshot.
Listed Expiry Volatility Smiles
BTC 29-NOV EXPIRY – 7:00 UTC Snapshot.
ETH 29-NOV EXPIRY – 7:00 UTC Snapshot.
Cross-Exchange Volatility Smiles
BTC SVI, 30D TENOR – 7:00 UTC Snapshot.
ETH SVI, 30D TENOR – 7:00 UTC Snapshot.
Constant Maturity Volatility Smiles
BTC SVI, 30D TENOR – 7:00 UTC Snapshot.
ETH SVI, 30D TENOR – 7:00 UTC Snapshot.
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