Maximum pain for an options chain can show the option trader the expiration date price that will cause the option buyers to lose the most money. The max pain level is the strike price with the highest ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

In options trading, investors always look for ways to predict market movements and optimise their strategies. One interesting concept that often raises curiosity is Max Pain. Its name may sound ...

Approximately $5 billion in bitcoin (BTC) options contracts are set to expire on Deribit this Friday at 08:00 UTC, adding to an already volatile crypto market. Bitcoin’s prolonged consolidation had ...

Like all theories in the market, there are people who believe this works and there are some who believe this does not. Research by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) shows that in the ...