IV surface
How to read skew and surface
Put skew (left side steeper) reflects demand for downside hedges — common in BTC. The surface grid shows how that skew shape shifts across expiries: near-dated contracts often carry event premium; far-dated contracts smooth it out.
OTM leg convention
We plot the out-of-the-money leg at each strike — puts below spot, calls above — matching Deribit's vol engine convention.
Moneyness window
70%–150% of spot. Strikes outside this range are omitted — deep OTM IV is often stale or meaningless.