BTC max pain today.
The strike where option writers face minimum payout — calculated from Deribit BTC aggregate OI across all listed expiries. Free snapshot from our archive.
Max pain
$79,000
Spot
$84,531
Spot − max pain
$+5,531 (+6.5%)
PCR
0.613
Nearest expiry
2026-10-21
Strikes near spot
| Strike | Call OI | Put OI | Total OI |
|---|---|---|---|
| $82,000 | 6,284 | 3,802 | 10,086 |
| $82,500 | 242 | 233 | 475 |
| $83,000 | 2,844 | 1,788 | 4,632 |
| $83,500 | 282 | 0 | 282 |
| $84,000 | 6,817 | 2,891 | 9,708 |
| $84,500 | 201 | 0 | 201 |
| $85,000 | 9,090 | 1,928 | 11,018 |
| $85,500 | 35 | 0 | 35 |
| $86,000 | 6,713 | 993 | 7,706 |
| $87,000 | 2,764 | 477 | 3,240 |
| $88,000 | 10,482 | 1,239 | 11,722 |
Aggregate OI across all Deribit expiries in one flat chain — not a single weekly expiry.
For per-venue breakdown see multi-venue comparison.
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