
Trade 1. Bitcoin Bounce-Back: Exploring 3-Month Binary Options
Justin Chuk
3/6/20241 min read
Trade 1. Bitcoin has retraced from its all-time high of 73k reached in March. The question on everyone's mind now: What are the odds of BTC revisiting and surpassing this ATH in the next 3 months?
The option market is currently pricing a 17.5% probability of BTC reclaiming the 73k in 3 month time. For those confident in this scenario, a binary option offers attractive risk-reward.
1. Basic Binary Option:
Notional: 1 million USD
Maturity: 3 months Spot
Reference: 57.5k USD
Strike: 73k USD
Premium: 175k USD
Payoff: If BTC >= 73k USD at maturity, you receive 1 million USD (5.7x return); Else, you receive zero.
If you anticipate BTC will reach a new high but not go too far, you can further cheapen the cost of this trade by adding a knock-out barrier at 90k.
2. Binary Option with Knock-Out Barrier:
Notional: 1 million USD
Maturity: 3 months
Spot Reference: 57.5k USD
Strike: 73k USD
Knock-Out Barrier: 90k USD
Premium: 100k USD
Payoff: If BTC >= 73k USD at maturity AND it never breaches 90k USD at any point, you receive 1 million USD (10x return); Else, you receive zero.