### Whale Buys ETH Call Options#
Hot Topic Overview
Overview
Recently, whale activity has been prominent in the cryptocurrency options market, particularly bullish options on ETH. Today, a user paid $684,000 on the Deribit platform to buy 5,000 ETH call options expiring on January 24th (this Friday) with a strike price of $3,350. This indicates that the user is bullish on ETH's future trajectory and expects ETH to break through $3,350 by this Friday. Currently, ETH is hovering around $3,250, with the DVOL volatility index at 73.4 and the greed index at 76, suggesting a generally optimistic market sentiment.
Ace Hot Topic Analysis
Analysis
Recently, whales have shown strong bullish sentiment in the cryptocurrency options market. According to Deribit's Asia Pacific Business Head, Lin Chen, today's largest BTC and ETH bulk trades were both call options. One user spent $3.165 million to purchase 925 BTC worth of call options with a strike price of $105,000 expiring at the end of January, while simultaneously selling call options with a strike price of $115,000 expiring at the end of March. This suggests that the user expects the price to break through in the near term and be cashed out at $115,000 by the end of March. Another user spent $684,000 to purchase 5,000 ETH worth of call options with a strike price of $3,350 expiring on January 24th (this Friday). The user will profit if the price exceeds $3,500 at expiry. Currently, the ETH price is hovering around $3,250, with a DVOL volatility index of 73.4 and a Greed Index of 76, indicating that market sentiment is in a greedy state. These whale call option trades suggest that they are optimistic about the future of the cryptocurrency market and expect prices to continue to rise.
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Classic Views
Giant whale buys ETH call options, indicating its bullish view on ETH price, and expects the price to break through $3350 in the short term.
The call options purchased by the giant whale will expire this Friday, if ETH price is above $3350 on the expiry date, the giant whale will profit.
The giant whale's purchase also reflects the market's optimistic sentiment towards ETH, the greed index is 76, indicating that the market is in a greedy state.
The giant whale's purchase may push ETH price up, but the market volatility is large, investors need to be cautious.