Derivatives Madness — Higher-Strike Calls Dominate ETH Open Interest Board

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Spot conditions show ethereum at $4,399, up 0.2% on the day, within a 24-hour range of $4,357 to $4,486. The market capitalization stands at about $531.3 billion on a circulating supply of roughly 120.7 million, with $31.4 billion in 24-hour volume.

Futures activity remains elevated. Across exchanges, total ethereum futures open interest, according to coinglass.com stats, is 13.38 million ETH, or roughly $58.87 billion. The notional footprint has trended higher since early summer alongside ETH’s recent rising price range.

Derivatives Madness — Higher-Strike Calls Dominate ETH Open Interest Board

The dominant centralized exchange (CEX) Binance holds the largest share at $11.50 billion, or 19.54% of the total, followed by CME at $8.38 billion (14.23%). Bitget lists $6.44 billion (10.93%), Bybit $5.30 billion (8.99%), Gate $4.72 billion (8.01%), and OKX $3.84 billion (6.51%).

MEXC shows $2.45 billion (4.16%), WhiteBIT $2.18 billion (3.7%), BingX $1.21 billion (2.06%), and Kucoin $426.5 million (0.72%). Momentum over the last day is mixed across venues.

Aggregate open interest is up about 1.04% on the session. By exchange, 24-hour changes include OKX +2.38%, Bybit +4.13%, Bitget +7.53%, Gate +1.19%, and CME +0.24%; Binance is down 0.60%, MEXC down 0.46%, WhiteBIT up 0.15%, BingX down 14.34%, and Kucoin down 18.65%.

Today’s options ETH metrics, per coinglass.com, point to a call-heavy posture. Options open interest is 64.78% calls versus 35.22% puts, equal to about 2.40 million ETH in calls and 1.30 million ETH in puts.

Derivatives Madness — Higher-Strike Calls Dominate ETH Open Interest Board

The recent trading tape is far more balanced. Over the past 24 hours, options volume is 52.17% calls and 47.83% puts, or roughly 162,198 ETH versus 148,715 ETH. Open interest is concentrated in higher-strike calls.

The largest individual positions include Deribit Dec. 26, 2025 $6,000 calls (87,119 ETH), $4,000 calls (74,553 ETH), and $7,000 calls (56,784 ETH). Near-dated interest is visible in the Sept. 26, 2025 $4,000 and $4,500 calls.

Volume leadership over the last day tilts toward protective puts and at-the-money calls. Notable lines include the Oct. 31, 2025 $3,300 put (7,303 ETH) and $3,200 put (7,041 ETH), alongside the Sept. 26, 2025 $4,500 call (6,754 ETH) and $4,000 put (6,691 ETH).

Ethereum‘s max pain levels, based on Deribit, cluster between the low $3,000s and low $4,000s into year-end. The curve dips toward roughly $3,100 around the Sept. 26 expiry, rises toward the low $4,000s by late December, and drifts lower toward the mid-$2,000s by March 2026 before rebounding.

Across expiries, notional concentration is heaviest on Sept. 26 and Dec. 26, with additional interest at year-end 2026 quarters. The mix suggests traders are keying on quarter-end milestones while keeping downside hedges active into the fourth quarter. Spot flows remain active on major venues, with ETH derivatives liquidity deepest on Binance and CME on Thursday.

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