Daily ETH options market report · 24-hour comparison
ETH front-end volatility firms as long end eases
ETH’s front-end implied volatility rose modestly into the cutoff, while longer-dated ATM IV eased and the term structure flattened. The largest standard-tenor movement was a routine 2W increase, and 3M RR25 moved toward relative call-side volatility. A BitMine treasury update was published within the window, but its timed reaction does not demonstrate that it caused the observed end-of-window surface configuration.
ETHSpot-index 24h -0.75%1W ATM IV 46.87%1W RR25 +1.28 vol pts1W BF25 +2.36 vol pts1W IV − 7D RV Unavailable
ETH1W ATM IV 46.87%Spot-index 24h -0.75%
Full snapshot readings
ETHSpot-index 24h -0.75%1W ATM IV 46.87%1W RR25 +1.28 vol pts1W BF25 +2.36 vol pts1W IV − 7D RV Unavailable
Combined market read · daily observation window
The move in context.
ETH spot-index return unavailable; 1W ATM IV rose 0.54 volatility points to 46.87% over the daily window. RR25 moved toward calls (+0.22 points); BF25 wing premium decreased (-0.26 points); partial native coverage (3/4 measurements).
One-week surface context; the published headline retains its original evidence basis. Cutoffs 30 Aug, 20:58 UTC to 31 Aug, 20:58 UTC.
Measured change since prior report
Prior comparison unavailable: the exact adjacent published edition could not be verified.
A structured watchlist was not recorded or could not be verified in the prior edition; this compares measured changes only.
Next daily cutoff: measurable checks
These checks are reconstructed from this edition’s stored endpoints; they were not recorded in the original report.
Hold the observed level: ETH 1W ATM IV ≥ 46.87 percent at . Current level 46.87; threshold is the current observed endpoint.
Full retrace: ETH 1W ATM IV ≤ 46.33 percent at . Current level 46.87; threshold is the previous observed endpoint.
Measurement basis and receipt
These are observed-level conditions for the next aligned cutoff, with no forecast or trade action. Spot uses exact index endpoints where available; ATM IV is quoted in percent and its change, RR25 and BF25 in volatility points. Derived from verified legacy artifact endpoints.
ETH:atmIv:1W:observed-current-level: rows[asset=ETH].report.tenors[tenor=1W].atmIv.previous; rows[asset=ETH].report.tenors[tenor=1W].atmIv.current; rows[asset=ETH].report.tenors[tenor=1W].atmIv.change; evaluation window 2026-08-31T20:58:00+00:00 to 2026-09-01T20:58:00+00:00.
ETH:atmIv:1W:observed-previous-level: rows[asset=ETH].report.tenors[tenor=1W].atmIv.previous; rows[asset=ETH].report.tenors[tenor=1W].atmIv.current; rows[asset=ETH].report.tenors[tenor=1W].atmIv.change; evaluation window 2026-08-31T20:58:00+00:00 to 2026-09-01T20:58:00+00:00.
01 · Daily briefing
Macro · Crypto · Options
The day in markets.
ETH’s front-end implied volatility rose modestly into the cutoff, while longer-dated ATM IV eased and the term structure flattened. The largest standard-tenor movement was a routine 2W increase, and 3M RR25 moved toward relative call-side volatility. A BitMine treasury update was published within the window, but its timed reaction does not demonstrate that it caused the observed end-of-window surface configuration.
ETH front end rises modestly
Two-week ATM IV rose as longer-dated volatility eased and call-side skew strengthened.
Macro
No qualifying macro event was retained for ETH.
Crypto
BitMine reported an unchanged staked balance and treasury growth.
Links identify the underlying reporting for retained events; entries without a retained link are marked.
02 · Options market read
What the volatility surface did.
6 of 6 headline tenors were comparable at both endpoints. The largest ATM IV move was 2W at +0.74 volatility points, to 47.90%.
Derived directly from structured Derivasys surface data
03 · Catalyst check
30 Aug 2026, 20:58 UTC to 31 Aug 2026, 20:58 UTC
Relevant context found; no confirmed catalyst
Relevant market event
1 relevant event was retained for the comparison window.
News collection was incomplete; the retained events do not establish full coverage.
Confidencelow causal confidence
News is presented as contextual association unless the structured evidence supports a stronger relationship.
04 · Detailed analysis
What changed across the ETH volatility surface.
Implied versus realised
At the 20:58 UTC cutoff, 1W ATM IV was 46.87%, 1.16 volatility points above seven-day realised volatility of 45.71%; 24-hour realised volatility was 56.00% and 30-day realised volatility was 49.72%.
Front end
Front-end ATM IV increased, averaging +0.57 volatility points to 48.10% across 1W, 2W and 1M.
Long end
Long-dated ATM IV decreased, averaging -0.22 volatility points to 55.03% across 6M and 1Y.
Skew
RR25 moved towards calls, averaging +0.22 volatility points to 0.82 volatility points across the six available headline tenors.
Convexity
BF25 decreased, averaging -0.19 volatility points to 2.55 volatility points across the six available headline tenors.
Largest standard-tenor move
The largest standard-tenor ATM IV move was +0.74 volatility points at 2W, to 47.90%.
Universe roll: no additions; removed 31AUG26. Comparisons use common expiries only.
RR25 moved towards calls, averaging +0.22 volatility points to 0.82 volatility points across the six available headline tenors. Negative RR25 denotes a richer 25-delta put wing under the call-minus-put convention.
BF25 decreased, averaging -0.19 volatility points to 2.55 volatility points across the six available headline tenors. BF25 measures the average 25-delta wing premium over ATM IV.
Contracts with fewer than 2 full days to expiry remain in the tables but are excluded from headline rankings. Settlement proximity, time decay, changing liquidity and fewer quotes can exaggerate their changes.
0.5d
ATM IV change
1SEP26, -5.23 vol pts1.5d
ATM IV change
2SEP26, -1.02 vol pts
10 · Volatility term structure
Today against the previous 24-hour snapshot.
Only fixed tenors bracketed by listed expiries at both snapshots are charted. The listed-expiry table preserves the observable exchange maturities underneath those interpolated points.
CurrentComparison snapshot
Expiry
Time left
Forward now (USD)
Forward change (USD)
ATM IV now
ATM IV change
RR25 change
BF25 change
1SEP26Expiry effect
0.5 days
2,471.75
-21.14 USD
41.87%
-5.23 vol pts
-1.07 vol pts
-0.61 vol pts
2SEP26Expiry effect
1.5 days
2,472.43
-20.93 USD
45.37%
-1.02 vol pts
-0.53 vol pts
-0.55 vol pts
3SEP26
2.5 days
2,472.81
-20.95 USD
46.40%
+0.13 vol pts
-0.19 vol pts
-0.39 vol pts
4SEP26
3.5 days
2,472.69
-21.46 USD
47.22%
+0.60 vol pts
+0.22 vol pts
-0.34 vol pts
11SEP26
10.5 days
2,475.14
-20.95 USD
46.75%
+0.62 vol pts
0.00 vol pts
-0.24 vol pts
18SEP26
17.5 days
2,477.04
-21.25 USD
48.56%
+0.31 vol pts
-0.09 vol pts
-0.23 vol pts
25SEP26
24.5 days
2,479.94
-21.50 USD
49.17%
+0.68 vol pts
+0.11 vol pts
-0.21 vol pts
30OCT26
59.5 days
2,485.72
-21.60 USD
50.28%
-0.51 vol pts
+0.49 vol pts
-0.01 vol pts
27NOV26
87.5 days
2,491.05
-22.80 USD
51.46%
-0.47 vol pts
+0.67 vol pts
-0.15 vol pts
25DEC26
115.5 days
2,495.53
-23.47 USD
51.78%
-1.07 vol pts
+0.74 vol pts
+0.14 vol pts
26MAR27
206.5 days
2,520.37
-24.49 USD
54.47%
-0.35 vol pts
+0.05 vol pts
-0.19 vol pts
25JUN27
297.5 days
2,548.74
-24.82 USD
55.57%
-0.10 vol pts
+0.05 vol pts
-0.23 vol pts
11 · Smile movement
Reconstructed SVI smiles for every common expiry.
Each overlay uses the stored five-parameter SVI fit and the snapshot-specific time to expiry. Ultra-short expiries are displayed but do not determine the headline ranking.
1SEP26rotation towards puts · wing steepening2SEP26rotation towards puts · wing steepening3SEP26wing steepening4SEP26rotation towards calls · wing steepening11SEP26parallel shift higher18SEP26parallel shift higher25SEP26parallel shift higher30OCT26rotation towards calls27NOV26rotation towards calls25DEC26parallel shift lower · rotation towards calls26MAR27parallel shift lower25JUN27parallel shift lower
Surface movement heatmap
Each cell is the fitted IV change in volatility points. Rows are listed expiries; columns run from the put wing through ATM to the call wing.
IV lowerIV higher
1SEP26
2SEP26
3SEP26
4SEP26
11SEP26
18SEP26
25SEP26
30OCT26
27NOV26
25DEC26
26MAR27
25JUN27
-0.30kATM+0.30k
Completed-session cross-asset context
Crypto volatility against US equity risk.
ETH 30-day implied volatility was 3.4 times VIX, while its 30-session return correlation with SPX was low at -0.01.
Implied-volatility premium
ETH 30-day ATM IV was 48.81%, against VIX at 14.43: a 34.38-point spread and 3.38× ratio.
Realised-volatility regime
ETH reported crypto realised volatility was 60.97%, versus SPX reported realised volatility of 10.58%. The spread ranked at percentile rank 46.8% of 220 prior observations.
Equity co-movement
Return correlation with SPX was -0.007 over 30 aligned sessions and 0.442 over 60 sessions. VIX9D, VIX and VIX3M closed at 11.22, 14.43 and 17.48.
RV comparison basis unverified: this edition does not record the recognised provider methodology for both horizons and annualisation conventions. The displayed spread rank does not establish matched-horizon comparability.
As of 28 Aug 2026, 20:00 UTC. Implied volatility and completed-session realised volatility use their respective observation windows shown above.
Evidence and methodology
Persisted common US session. ETH realised volatility is annualised on sqrt(365); SPX realised volatility is annualised on sqrt(252). Null IV percentiles are preserved because no eligible prior observations were available.
Evidence, source data and methodology
Report comparison baseline → current snapshot
2026-08-30 20:58:00 UTC → 2026-08-31 20:58:00 UTC
Changes use these stored market-snapshot baselines. The comparison baseline may differ from the snapshot used in the previous published edition.
Original report summary
ETH’s front-end implied volatility rose modestly into the cutoff, while longer-dated ATM IV eased and the term structure flattened. The largest standard-tenor movement was a routine 2W increase, and 3M RR25 moved toward relative call-side volatility. A BitMine treasury update was published within the window, but its timed reaction does not demonstrate that it caused the observed end-of-window surface configuration.
At report cutoff · Levels and stored endpoint changes
What matters now
Vol: ETH 1W ATM IV 46.87% · Δ +0.54 vol pts
Skew: ETH 1W RR25 1.28 vol pts · Δ +0.22 vol pts
Wings: ETH 1W BF25 2.36 vol pts · Δ -0.26 vol pts
Vol
ETH 1W ATM IV 46.87% · Δ +0.54 vol pts
Skew
ETH 1W RR25 1.28 vol pts · Δ +0.22 vol pts
Wings
ETH 1W BF25 2.36 vol pts · Δ -0.26 vol pts
IV versus RV
ETH Unavailable
Unavailable readings: ETH IV versus RV. See the report’s data availability notes.
Δ compares the report’s stored surface endpoints. IV versus RV is a level comparison, not a daily change.
12 · Technical appendix
Model parameters and normalized Greeks.
These diagnostics preserve the fitted-surface audit trail without competing with the main market story.
Show SVI parameter changes and normalized Greeks
SVI diagnostics
Daily movement in a, b, rho, m and sigma.
Among ranking-eligible expiries, the largest absolute rho change occurred at 25DEC26; the largest sigma change occurred at 25DEC26.
Expiry
Δ a
Δ b
Δ rho
Δ m
Δ sigma
Smile classification
1SEP26
-0.00260
-0.01440
-0.02200
-0.00390
+0.11090
rotation towards puts, wing steepening
2SEP26
+0.00150
-0.01800
+0.01340
+0.01390
+0.07940
rotation towards puts, wing steepening
3SEP26
+0.00470
-0.01730
-0.00180
-0.00290
+0.05440
wing steepening
4SEP26
+0.00520
-0.01600
-0.01520
-0.01670
+0.03820
rotation towards calls, wing steepening
11SEP26
+0.01650
-0.01970
-0.01630
-0.01070
-0.01420
parallel shift higher
18SEP26
+0.02010
-0.02070
-0.01250
-0.00560
-0.02420
parallel shift higher
25SEP26
+0.02140
-0.02130
-0.01250
-0.00580
-0.02790
parallel shift higher
30OCT26
+0.02490
-0.01450
-0.02140
-0.01480
-0.08150
rotation towards calls
27NOV26
+0.01710
-0.01470
-0.02280
-0.03200
-0.04260
rotation towards calls
25DEC26
+0.03040
-0.01170
-0.03410
-0.02570
-0.13130
parallel shift lower, rotation towards calls
26MAR27
+0.02170
-0.01970
-0.01230
-0.00210
-0.04270
parallel shift lower
25JUN27
+0.02130
-0.02200
-0.00940
-0.00970
-0.01990
parallel shift lower
Current surface characteristics
Where normalized model Greek intensity is highest.
These are comparable Black-forward Greeks for a one-ETH ATM-forward call at each listed expiry—not portfolio exposure, open interest or a prediction of dealer positioning.
Thresholds are asset-specific policies recorded in this edition. Each window is assessed independently; returns spanning gaps are excluded. Partial estimates may miss volatility during gaps.
RV coverage and methodology
ETH · Unavailable · Surface cutoff 31 Aug 2026, 20:58:00 UTC · 7D coverage not recorded / not recorded required · largest 7D gap not recorded / not recorded maximum · maximum gap not recorded. RV suppressed — valid 7D coverage was not recorded. Full 7D coverage policy was not recorded.
Derivasys proprietary historical SVI surface and canonical ETH index databases
Realised volatility
Annualised root-mean-square of one-minute canonical ETH-USD index log returns using a 365-day basis; all windows end at the current snapshot.
Comparison window
Nearest successful surface snapshots approximately 24 hours apart
RR convention
25-delta call IV minus 25-delta put IV
BF convention
Average 25-delta wing IV minus ATM forward IV
Fixed tenors
Fixed-tenor measures are interpolated independently at 1W, 2W, 1M, 3M, 6M, 9M and 1Y; headline rankings prioritise 1W, 2W, 1M, 3M, 6M and 1Y.
Smile reconstruction
Listed-expiry smiles are reconstructed from stored SVI total-variance parameters on a fixed log-moneyness grid.
Ultra-short expiries
Expiries with fewer than 2 full days remaining stay in detailed tables but are excluded from headline rankings. Settlement proximity, time decay, changing liquidity and fewer quotes can exaggerate their changes.
Greek normalization
Black forward Greeks for a normalized one-ETH ATM-forward call, zero rate, fitted SVI IV
Catalyst policy
Only sufficiently relevant, reliably sourced events are shown; otherwise no catalyst is assigned.
