2026-01-12 04:27:36

24-Hour Max Pain Breakdown

Max Pain represents the strike price where the largest number of options expire worthless, causing maximum loss to option holders. Tracking this metric over 24 hours helps traders anticipate potential price pressure points and market-moving resistance levels.

For cryptocurrency derivatives traders, understanding where max pain sits across major trading pairs can inform:
• Entry and exit strategy timing
• Risk management around expiration cycles
• Potential support and resistance zones

Market makers and institutional players often influence price action toward max pain levels as options approach expiration. Whether you're trading spot or leveraged positions, keeping tabs on these pressure points adds another layer to your market analysis toolkit.

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GasFeeTherapist

· 01-13 10:34

It's the same old pain point theory; institutions have already figured it out long ago, and we can only watch the dust settle behind.

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rekt_but_not_broke

· 01-13 05:18

Market makers really just like to play this way, always hitting the pain points Hmm... sounds good, but can they really hit the mark in actual operation? Pain point analysis is essentially a game of probability, don't overhype it This is what I've always wanted to know—the few hours before options expiration are the most exciting Machine learning has already mastered this approach, retail investors are still studying I look forward to you continuing to find "patterns" in the charts

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LiquidityWhisperer

· 01-12 04:57

Market makers are the ones who profit from retail investors using this strategy; they're really good at it.

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GasGuzzler

· 01-12 04:41

Damn, so this is how the whales manipulate to harvest the retail investors, no wonder they always get liquidated at strange positions.

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DefiPlaybook

· 01-12 04:30

It's the same old pain point, essentially a puppet show orchestrated by institutions. Only by seeing through this can you survive and leave the options market.

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