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Max Pain History

Historical expiry dates, Max Pain levels and spot differentials for Deribit BTC and IBIT.

⚠️ Observable, not predictable

Max Pain is a descriptive metric of the open-interest distribution — not a forecast and not a magnet the spot must follow. We show historical data so you can spot patterns yourself. Not investment advice.

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🔎 Data sources

Deribit BTC options: Deribit Public API. Uses the last snapshot before expiry — 02:00 UTC on the expiry date, i.e. about 6 hours before the 08:00 UTC settlement. Cash-settled European-style.

Max Pain = strike with the minimum total ITM value across all option writers. No OI filtering.