Daily digest / ETH / 2026-10-30 · this week
ETH · Friday 30 Oct 2026 (UTC) · close
$2,245.29 -7.5 (-0.33%)
2nd straight down day$18.9M liquidated

Asian-session rally, gains trimmed into the close

ETH climbed $61 from $2,196 at 02:00 to $2,257 by 06:30 UTC. Put writers added the most fresh OI at $2,000 (+38,377 ETH). Call writers built positions at $2,240–$2,300, led by $2,300 (+8,089 ETH). Max pain moved from $2,300 to $2,260, following price down.

Spot Max pain $2,180 support PCR 15-min · UTC
Open$2,253
High · 15:19$2,262
Low · 01:32$2,181
Avg PCR0.54
Max pain$2,260
Liquidations$18.9M

Key levels for the next session

$2,500 Call wall · 62,089 ETH OI resistance
$2,300 Fresh calls +8,089 ETH cap
$2,280 Fresh calls +6,717 ETH cap
$2,260 Max pain magnet
$2,245.29 Close ●
$2,180 Fresh puts +5,812 ETH · held the low support
$2,000 Fresh puts +38,377 ETH · Put wall · 87,700 ETH OI support

Where writers added today

$2,300
+8,089 ETH
$2,280
+6,717 ETH
$2,240
+3,066 ETH
$2,000
+38,377 ETH
$2,180
+5,812 ETH
$2,160
+2,775 ETH
■ calls   ■ puts · OI change from the first snapshot to the close, strikes near spot

Move vs what options priced

Next-day ATM straddle at open · IV 66.1%$73
Session range$81
One session moved 1.1× the next-day straddle's full priced move.

Last 6 sessions

10-25 $2,333 —
PCR 0.50
MP $2,300 10-26 $2,328 -6
PCR 0.50
MP $2,300 10-27 $2,355 +27
PCR 0.50
MP $2,300 10-28 $2,364 +9
PCR 0.51
MP $2,300 10-29 $2,253 -111
PCR 0.52
MP $2,300 10-30 $2,245 -8
PCR 0.54
MP $2,260

Max pain: strike where option buyers lose most at expiry. Fresh OI: positions opened this session. PCR: put OI ÷ call OI.

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