Futures Expiries | |
Weekly Expiries | The (bi) weekly futures will have an initial lifetime of two weeks at the time of introduction and will expire every Friday at 08 AM UTC. A weekly expiry will not be added if it already exists as a quarterly expiry. |
Quarterly Expiries | 3, 6 and 9 months quarterly of the March, June, September, December cycle. Quarterly futures expire the last Friday of each calendar quarter at 08.00 UTC. A new future with a new expiry date will be added the last Friday of each calendar quarter at 08.00 UTC. This means there will never be more than three expiries available for trading at the same time. |
Options Expiries | |
Expiries available | 1, 2 daily 1, 2, 3 weekly 1, 2, 3 monthly 3, 6, 9 and 12 months quarterly of the March, June, September, December cycle. Except for the 24-hour period following the introduction of a new expiry, two expiries of daily options, three expiries of weekly options, three expiries of monthly options and four expiries of quarterly options will be available to trade. Daily options expire every day at 08:00 UTC. Weekly options expire on each Friday of each week at 08.00 UTC. Monthly options expire on the last Friday of each calendar month at 08.00 UTC. Quarterly options expire on the last Friday of each calendar quarter at 08.00 UTC. |
Introduction of new expiries | A new options expiry date will be added on Thursday immediately prior to expiration Friday except:
Daily options will be added the day immediately preceding the expiry day ( 08.00 UTC) and will therefore have an initial lifetime of two trading days at the time of introduction. |
Dynamic Options Strike Intervals | |
Intervals | Deribit will introduce new call options with a Delta range of 0.1 to 0.9 and minus 0.1 - minus 0.9 for put options. The intervals to be used are shown in the diagram however might deviate as more or less intervals are required to reach the 0.1 Delta level. Deribit shall make available for trading the ATM Strike and subsequent strikes above and below the ATM level with the intervals as shown below at the moment of introduction. Pending price moves of the underlying, Deribit may introduce new strikes. The series intervals offered by Deribit are based on the remaining lifetime of the maturity. By definition, the intervals will be smaller for series with a shorter remaining lifetime compared to the series with a longer remaining lifetime. |
Option Strike policy during periods of higher Expected Daily Moves | |||||
BTC | Indication Expected Daily Move: USD 2000 to 4000 | ||||
Time to Expiry | <=2 days | <=2 weeks | <=2months | <=6months | <=12months |
ATM | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $5,000 | $10,000 |
Outer | $2,000 | $2,000 | $5,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 |
Wings | $5,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 | $50,000 | |
ETH | Indication Expected Daily Move: USD 75 to 150 | ||||
Time to Expiry | <=2 days | <=2 weeks | <=2months | <=6months | <=12months |
ATM | $20 | $50 | $100 | $200 | $500 |
Outer | $50 | $100 | $200 | $500 | $1,000 |
Wings | $200 | $500 | $1,000 | $2,000 | |
Option Strike policy during periods of lower Expected Daily Moves | |||||
BTC | Indication Expected Daily Move: USD 500 to 2000 | ||||
Time to Expiry | <=2 days | <=2 weeks | <=2months | <=6months | <=12months |
ATM | $500 | $500 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $5,000 |
Outer | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $5,000 | $10,000 |
Wings | $2,000 | $5,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 | |
ETH | Indication Expected Daily Move: USD 25 to 75 | ||||
Time to Expiry | <=2 days | <=2 weeks | <=2months | <=6months | <=12months |
ATM | $10 | $20 | $50 | $100 | $200 |
Outer | $20 | $50 | $100 | $200 | $500 |
Wings | $100 | $200 | $500 | $1,000 | |
Indication of moneyness
ATM around 40 to 60 Delta
Outer around 20 to 40 Delta
Wings <20 Delta for wings
Deribit may modify the provisions governing the establishment of exercise prices as it deems fit.