Options

Options explained
An option in finance is the right to buy or sell an asset at a certain price at or untill a certain time in the future. On the Deribit platform it is possib...
Sat, 1 Aug, 2015 at 3:44 PM
Options advanced order form
When you click on any options series, an advanced order form will pop up. All orders are registered in the matching engine with prices in BTC. But it ...
Sat, 19 Mar, 2016 at 4:10 AM
Margin Requirements Options
There are 2 types of margin calculated. Initial margin and Maintenance margin. We calculate the margin amount as the amount of Equity that will be reserv...
Sat, 19 Mar, 2016 at 4:09 AM
Fees for options trading
Maker Fee (buy/sell call/put) 0,0010BTC per option contract on 1BTC (0.1% of underlying)* Taker Free (buy/sell call/put) 0.0010BTC per optio...
Sat, 19 Mar, 2016 at 4:25 AM
Contract size and Minimum order quantity
The options contract size of an option traded on deribit is 1BTC. This means that 1 option contract is the right to buy or sell 1BTC at a certain price. The...
Sat, 19 Mar, 2016 at 4:05 AM
Historical volatility chart bitcoin-usd
Following this link you can see a chart of the development of the 15 days historical annualised volatility of bitcoin. Volatility is calculated by taking...
Sat, 19 Mar, 2016 at 4:06 AM
European style cash settled options
Options traded on Deribit are european style cash settled options. "European style" means Deribit options cannot be exercised before expirat...
Sat, 19 Mar, 2016 at 4:20 AM