Options Skew Favors Ether Puts Despite Rise in ETH/BTC Ratio
Options data tracked by Amberdata indicates a bearish outlook for ether, with traders hedging against potential price weakness across various timeframes. The short-term and long-term ether call-put skews show relatively higher prices for puts, indicating a bias for put options. On the other hand, bitcoin exhibits a bias for puts in the short-term and long-term skews, but a preference for calls in the remaining timeframes. This bias for long-term BTC calls may be due to the belief that bitcoin is the go-to asset in the crypto market and would benefit from positive macroeconomic changes. Additionally, bitcoin’s upcoming mining reward halving is expected to pave the way for a major bull run. Despite recent losses, analysts attribute ether’s outperformance to factors such as expectations for ETH futures-based exchange-traded funds and market maker hedging activity.