ZEC options

Every listed ZEC expiry on Derive: where open interest sits, where max pain lands and how implied volatility changes with time. Pick an expiry for its full chain.

Positioning and volatility context

ZEC spot is $1,256 with $29.6M of options open interest across Derive: $15.5M in calls and $14.2M in puts, a put/call ratio of 0.91, calls and puts roughly balanced. The largest expiry is 25 Dec with $20.7M open and a max pain of $1,300. At-the-money implied volatility for 20 Nov is 112.9%, and the term structure is upward-sloping: longer-dated options carry more volatility, the usual shape in calm markets. Open interest alone does not reveal whether positions were bought or sold.

Spot

$1,256

Index price the venues report

Open interest

$29.6M

$15.5M calls · $14.2M puts

Put/call (OI)

0.91

Calls and puts roughly balanced

ATM IV · 20 Nov

112.9%

Term structure slopes up

Open interest by expiry

Dollar value of outstanding calls and puts on each expiry.

Implied volatility term structure

At-the-money IV against days to expiry; upward-sloping right now. Expiries under two days are left out: their IV swings too much to read.

Expiries

Open interest, max pain and ATM IV per expiry. Max pain is the settlement price at which option holders, weighted by open interest, would collect the least; the % beside it is its distance from spot.

Expiry	Left	Calls OI	Puts OI	Total OI	Put/call	Max pain	ATM IV	Strikes	Venues
8 Nov	7h	$0	$0	$0	—	—	160.9%	18	Derive
9 Nov	1d	$0	$0	$0	—	—	123.0%	19	Derive
13 Nov	5d	$1.18M	$977K	$2.16M	0.83	$1,175−6.4%	113.7%	30	Derive
20 Nov	12d	$617K	$951K	$1.57M	1.54	$1,300+3.5%	112.9%	30	Derive
27 Nov	19d	$2.7M	$957K	$3.66M	0.35	$1,200−4.5%	110.3%	30	Derive
25 Declargest	47d	$9.65M	$11.1M	$20.7M	1.15	$1,300+3.5%	116.6%	30	Derive
26 Mar 2027	138d	$1.33M	$181K	$1.51M	0.14	$800−36.3%	116.6%	30	Derive

Largest strikes by open interest

The twelve strikes with the most money open across all expiries, in strike order. Open interest does not say who is long or short.

Strike	vs spot	Calls OI	Puts OI
800	−36.3%	$211K	$3.38M
1,000	−20.4%	$72.5K	$3.92M
1,100	−12.4%	$153K	$518K
1,200	−4.5%	$270K	$3.53M
1,300	+3.5%	$595K	$258K
1,450	+15.5%	$1.11M	$79.1K
1,500	+19.4%	$625K	$90.8K
1,700	+35.4%	$2.14M	$2.77K
2,000	+59.2%	$1.42M	$0
3,000	+138.9%	$1.02M	$0
4,000	+218.5%	$848K	$0
5,000	+298.1%	$1.97M	$0

Recent Derive trades

ZEC option trades over $50K notional on Derive in the last 24 hours, newest first. "vs mark" is the price paid minus Deribit's current mark, per contract. Full tape

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