According to @GreeksLive, a live stream with @JO_wintermute is scheduled for October 8 at 10:00 AM EST / 14:00 UTC, hosted by Greeks Live with @satoshiheist. Source: @GreeksLive on X, Oct 7, 2025. The published agenda includes a summer catch-up, views on crypto DATs, whether BTC experienced a failed breakout, Q4 bullish/bearish factors, and current news flow. Source: @GreeksLive on X, Oct 7, 2025. @GreeksLive stated the stream link will be posted and asked followers to turn on notifications. Source: @GreeksLive on X, Oct 7, 2025.

According to @GreeksLive, notional block trading volume totaled $1,076,585,040 for the week of September 29 to October 5 across Deribit and OKX, confirming a $1.0766 billion weekly tally, source: GreeksLive on X, Oct 6, 2025. Deribit accounted for $963.0 million or 89.5% of the reported notional, while OKX handled $113.6 million or 10.5%, quantifying venue concentration in reported block liquidity, source: GreeksLive on X, Oct 6, 2025. The period covered was September 29 to October 5 and included a recap of the top five block trades via greeks.live as highlighted by the source, source: GreeksLive on X, Oct 6, 2025. On a run-rate basis, the total equates to roughly $153.8 million per day of block notional during the week, providing a sizing benchmark for crypto options order flow, source: GreeksLive on X, Oct 6, 2025. Traders monitoring crypto derivatives liquidity can use these venue shares to plan block execution routing and assess depth between Deribit and OKX under similar conditions, source: GreeksLive on X, Oct 6, 2025.

According to @GreeksLive, a larger-than-expected upside move squeezed bearish options traders, with multiple short call sellers on ETH and altcoins hit by an unexpected 3 standard deviation rally while the market had priced only about 40 percent volatility, published Oct 3, 2025, source: @GreeksLive. According to @GreeksLive, options sellers are shifting to buying puts and selling calls after losses, signaling a defensive turn in options positioning, source: @GreeksLive. According to @GreeksLive, key levels being monitored are 115k as potential support and 127k-180k as optimistic upside targets, while sentiment remains divided on the rally’s durability, source: @GreeksLive. According to @GreeksLive, market structure shows the long short ratio fell from 2 to below 1 within a week while open interest stays near highs, a setup that could fuel a further short squeeze if momentum persists, source: @GreeksLive.

According to @GreeksLive, intraday chop produced multiple roughly 3 percent swings without clear direction, leaving many active traders near break-even despite heavy activity (source: @GreeksLive on X, Oct 1, 2025). According to @GreeksLive, short call positions that were down about 80 percent in the morning later reversed against sellers, highlighting a volatility whipsaw that punished option sellers (source: @GreeksLive on X, Oct 1, 2025). According to @GreeksLive, ETH implied volatility collapsed sharply as market participants rotated away from Ethereum, reducing premiums for long vol strategies (source: @GreeksLive on X, Oct 1, 2025). According to @GreeksLive, multiple traders sold ETH puts and BTC 120k calls expiring Oct 10, positioning for continued sideways action to harvest theta decay (source: @GreeksLive on X, Oct 1, 2025).

According to GreeksLive, the community shows a bearish tilt with traders planning to fade any scam pump and add short calls at higher levels, signaling downside risk after a brief squeeze, source: GreeksLive Community Daily Digest on X, Sep 29, 2025. According to GreeksLive, participants flagged spoofing with 1k-size orders stacked above and below current levels and pointed to liquidity imbalances that may need market maker partnerships to stabilize order books, source: GreeksLive on X, Sep 29, 2025. According to GreeksLive, active pair traders are getting squeezed as the pump materializes and many are monitoring BTC on 1m and 15m charts for potential retracement entries, source: GreeksLive on X, Sep 29, 2025.

According to @GreeksLive, notional block trade volume totaled $720,519,908 for Sep 22-28, with $470.0 million executed on Deribit and $250.6 million on OKX; a recap of the top 5 block trades is available via greeks.live, source: @GreeksLive on X, Sep 29, 2025. Deribit and OKX accounted for approximately 65.2% and 34.8% of the reported weekly flow respectively, based on figures reported by @GreeksLive on X, Sep 29, 2025.

According to @GreeksLive, ETH briefly fell to 4000 yesterday, breaking multiple technical indicators and shifting risk pricing in derivatives. According to @GreeksLive, implied volatility across major tenors changed little, but options skew flipped toward puts with put premiums substantially exceeding calls, signaling heightened downside risk. According to @GreeksLive, overall options volume did not spike, yet market makers moved into gamma amplification territory and some purchased protective puts. According to @GreeksLive, options traders remain focused on downside risks, with a sustained break below key supports and the 4000 psychological level viewed as a strongly negative signal that could force bear market repricing in options. According to @GreeksLive, BTC shows a similar setup but the market expects lower BTC volatility and more consolidation, with ETH technical indicators carrying greater weight. According to @GreeksLive, the market stays optimistic on the fourth quarter with positioning already underway, while current options flows emphasize short term risk hedging.

According to @GreeksLive, weekly notional block trading volume totaled $483,765,238 from Sep 15 to Sep 21, 2025, with $402.7 million on Deribit and $81.1 million on OKX (source: @GreeksLive). Based on these figures, Deribit accounted for about 83% of the week's block volume and OKX about 17%, with an average daily notional of roughly $69.1 million (source: @GreeksLive). @GreeksLive also noted a published recap of the top 5 block trades for the week on greeks.live for further detail (source: @GreeksLive).

According to @GreeksLive, 29,000 BTC options expired with a Put-Call Ratio of 1.35, Max Pain at 115,000 dollars, and 3.4 billion dollars notional value, while 178,000 ETH options expired with a Put-Call Ratio of 1.0, Max Pain at 4,500 dollars, and 810 million dollars notional value, source: @GreeksLive on X, Sep 19, 2025. According to @GreeksLive, BTC and ETH have traded less than 10 percent below their all-time highs in September as sentiment shifted from pessimistic to neutral following an expected 25 basis point Fed hike, source: @GreeksLive on X, Sep 19, 2025. According to @GreeksLive, implied volatility has declined with BTC short-to-medium-term IV below 30 percent and ETH primary IV terms below 60 percent, with short-to-medium-term IV under 50 percent, signaling low volatility, source: @GreeksLive on X, Sep 19, 2025. According to @GreeksLive, put option block trades and their transaction share have risen steadily this month, reflecting risk-hedging as the primary strategy, source: @GreeksLive on X, Sep 19, 2025. According to @GreeksLive, September is a third-quarter delivery month and historically sees relatively weak performance due to institutional rollovers and settlements, and the options market currently lacks confidence in September performance, source: @GreeksLive on X, Sep 19, 2025.

According to @GreeksLive, Smart Trading will undergo an upgrade and data migration on Saturday, Sep 20 at 10:00 Beijing Time, causing a 1–2 minute service interruption during which in-progress orders will pause and new orders cannot be submitted, source: @GreeksLive. The team stated it will work to restore stability quickly, and if significant market volatility occurs during the window, the maintenance may be rescheduled with further notice, source: @GreeksLive. Traders should expect Smart Trading functionality to be temporarily unavailable during the maintenance window, including execution and order entry, based on the announced pause of ongoing orders and disabled new submissions, source: @GreeksLive.

According to @GreeksLive, a live stream with @4blkswans is scheduled for September 19 at 8:00 PM EST / 12:00 UTC covering 15 years of options trading experience, FOMC views, retail crypto options trading strategies, and Q4 predictions. According to @GreeksLive, the session will be hosted by @satoshiheist and the stream link will be shared via notifications. According to @GreeksLive, the agenda is trading-focused and targets practical insights for retail traders on crypto options and macro event positioning.

According to Greeks.live, crypto options are repricing ahead of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision, with implied volatility on contracts expiring tomorrow rising significantly, source: Greeks.live. Greeks.live also reports that realized volatility has increased markedly versus last month while overall trading volume has declined, creating a divergence between volatility and volume, source: Greeks.live. Greeks.live adds that the market is on the verge of choosing direction and suggests buying options in the latter half of the month as a potentially better setup for an anticipated major move, source: Greeks.live.

According to @GreeksLive, a Greeks RFQ market maker quoted a BTC combination trade 53 basis points better than the order book, saving the client USD 1,856.67 in slippage on a reported total size of 31x and notional of USD 3.62 million; the quote outperformed the screen average price. Source: @GreeksLive on X, Sep 17, 2025. According to @GreeksLive, the post directs traders to rfq.greeks.live for improved quotes on large BTC orders. Source: @GreeksLive on X, Sep 17, 2025.

According to @GreeksLive, joining its Telegram now requires manual approval to block bots and spam, real users may be filtered by mistake, and a fast-track approval link is provided in the post’s comments with an apology for any inconvenience (source: X post on Sep 15, 2025 https://twitter.com/GreeksLive/status/1967579951634509905). For traders who follow @GreeksLive on Telegram, securing approval via the comment link can help maintain uninterrupted access to its messages (source: X post on Sep 15, 2025 https://twitter.com/GreeksLive/status/1967579951634509905).

According to @GreeksLive, open interest declined on both call and put legs of strangle positions, indicating position closures rather than new initiations, source: Greeks.Live Community Daily Digest, Sep 15, 2025. The update signals reduced options activity and a potential unwinding of volatility strategies across the market, source: Greeks.Live Community Daily Digest, Sep 15, 2025. The limited breadth of discussion points to uncertainty and a lack of strong directional conviction among active traders, source: Greeks.Live Community Daily Digest, Sep 15, 2025. Net takeaway for order flow is that closures are dominating over new strangle entries, source: Greeks.Live Community Daily Digest, Sep 15, 2025.

According to @GreeksLive, total notional block trading volume reached $367,904,458 from September 8 to 14, with $280.9M executed on Deribit and $87.0M on OKX. Source: @GreeksLive on X, Sep 15, 2025, https://twitter.com/GreeksLive/status/1967458377245622353 Based on these figures, the week averaged roughly $52.6M in notional per day across venues, indicating robust large-size activity for the period. Source: @GreeksLive on X, Sep 15, 2025, https://twitter.com/GreeksLive/status/1967458377245622353 Venue share for the week was 76.3% Deribit and 23.7% OKX, showing a concentration of reported block flow on Deribit during this window. Source: @GreeksLive on X, Sep 15, 2025, https://twitter.com/GreeksLive/status/1967458377245622353 A recap of the top 5 block trades is available via greeks.live for transaction-level review of size and timing. Source: @GreeksLive on X, Sep 15, 2025, https://twitter.com/GreeksLive/status/1967458377245622353; https://greeks.live

According to @GreeksLive, a live stream with @hansolar21 is scheduled for September 10 at 10:00 AM EST / 14:00 UTC to discuss the DAT Bubble, BTC, ETH, and SOL going into Q4, why sentiment is bearish, and Q4 predictions, source: @GreeksLive. Host @satoshiheist will moderate, and traders can tune in for actionable insights on Q4 crypto positioning and market sentiment for BTC, ETH, and SOL, source: @GreeksLive.

According to @GreeksLive, MicroStrategy was not included in the latest S&P 500 rebalancing announcement, which could affect institutional Bitcoin exposure tied to BTC-related proxies such as MSTR, source: @GreeksLive. The S&P changes take effect on September 19, 2025, and may create event-driven trading opportunities around Bitcoin-related assets and MSTR into the rebalance window, source: @GreeksLive. Community traders report wide spreads in call options that make premium selling strategies hard to execute effectively, highlighting execution challenges, source: @GreeksLive. Overall sentiment is mixed with limited trading activity, and put positions are under pressure following recent market moves, source: @GreeksLive.

According to @GreeksLive, traders should focus on Thursday’s US August CPI and Initial Jobless Claims along with the ECB deposit facility rate decision as the week’s key macro catalysts ahead of next week’s Fed meeting, where they cite 90% odds of a 25 bp cut and 10% odds of a 50 bp cut, source: @GreeksLive, Sep 8, 2025. They highlight Monday’s expected SEC ruling on Bitwise Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF physical redemption requests and note that ETF fund flows carry significant weight during the ongoing crypto price correction, source: @GreeksLive, Sep 8, 2025. They also list Tuesday’s US 2025 Nonfarm Payroll Benchmark Change (Initial) at 22:00 on the calendar, source: @GreeksLive, Sep 8, 2025. On derivatives, they report BTC implied volatility across major terms near 35% and ETH around 65% with more pronounced short-term declines, source: @GreeksLive, Sep 8, 2025. They add that September typically has weaker liquidity, the correction has lasted over half a month with no sign of ending, and short-term options are a relatively cost-effective bottom-fishing tool, favoring directional calls with limited downside and unlimited upside in current conditions, source: @GreeksLive, Sep 8, 2025.

According to @GreeksLive, from September 1 to September 7 the platform facilitated USD 497,448,991 in notional crypto options block trade volume, including USD 341.5 million on Deribit and USD 155.9 million on OKX (source: @GreeksLive). According to @GreeksLive, a recap of the top five block trades executed via greeks.live during the week is available (source: @GreeksLive).