Ether (ETH) options open interest fell 1.74% to $5.43 billion in a Nov. 10 snapshot, while a Binance $2,500 Ether call expiring Nov. 20 led 24-hour trading, Coinglass data showed.
The reading came at 7:20 a.m. ET (12:20 UTC), down from $5.52 billion the previous day. Options worth $994.44 million changed hands during the 24-hour period. EconoTimes’ Nov. 7 Ether options report put open interest at $5.57 billion.
Calls made up 62.48% of contracts still open, while puts accounted for 37.52%. For trading volume, calls represented 61.51% and puts 38.49%.
After the leading contract, the highest-volume options were a Binance $2,500 call expiring Nov. 27 and a Bybit $3,000 call with the same expiration. Deribit contracts led open interest: a $3,200 call and a $2,200 call, both due Dec. 25, followed by a $2,000 put due Nov. 13.
Open interest counts options positions active at a given time; volume counts contracts traded during a period. A larger call share does not by itself show traders’ view of Ether’s direction. Options can offset exposure elsewhere or form part of strategies involving several contracts.