Traders who believe ETH will recover but unlikely surpass $3,800 ahead of May can benefit from the skewed iron condor strategy. Being bullish on Ether (ETH) over the past four months did not pay off as its price dropped 44% from $4,600. The decentralized finance (DeFi) applications growth that fueled the rally faded away, partially due to network congestion and average transaction fees of $30 and higher.
The cool-off period can also be attributed to excessive expectations as the fee burn mechanism implemented in August 2021 with the London hard fork. After drastically reducing the daily net issuance, investors jumped to the conclusion that Ether would become "ultrasound money."
Unfortunately, history shows that "hard money" requires multiple decades of reliable monetary policy. For example, the Euro currency was launched to the public in 2002 despite periods of negative issuing in 2014 and 2019. Yet, its purchasing power has failed to hold ground against hard assets like gold or real estate.
In light of the 4-month prolonged underperformance, one could buy some cheap ultra-bullish call (bull) $4,000 ETH options for May for $68. However, with 75 days left for expiry, odds of a 55% rally from the current $2,570 are slim.
It seems more prudent to bet on a positive price change, but be more selective of your target range. That is precisely how professional traders use the "iron condor" options strategy.
A total of 10.2 million ETH have been staked into the Eth2 (consensus layer) deposit contract and investors seem confident about the proof-of-stake migration. Furthermore, mitigating the Ethereum network's biggest hurdle, i.e. scaling, could undoubtedly cause ETH price to skyrocket. Finding a strategy that maximizes gains up to $3,600 by May 27 seems prudent. On the other hand, hedging for a negative 7% performance is also wise considering the uncertainty regarding United States President Joe Biden's crypto regulatory efforts.
Even though the executive order signed on March 9 did not announce any restrictive measures, it undoubtedly laid the groundwork for a more focused federal oversight. In that sense, the skewed "Iron Condor" options strategy perfectly fits such a slightly bullish scenario.
The "Iron Condor" sells both the call (bull) and put (bear) options at the same expiry price and date. The above example has been set using the ETH May 27 options at Deribit.
The investors should initiate the trade by shorting (selling) 2 contracts of the $3,000 call and put options. Then, the trader needs to repeat the procedure for the $3,200 options. To protect from extreme price movements, a protective put at $2,400 has been used. Consequently, 5.20 contracts will be necessary depending on the price.
Lastly, just in case Ether's price rips above $4,000, the buyer will need to acquire 2.10 call option contracts to limit the strategy's potential loss.
The number of contracts on the above example aims for a maximum ETH 0.63 gain and a potential ETH 0.40 loss. This strategy yields a net profit if Ether trades between $2,600 and $3,820 on May 27. Using the skewed version of the Iron Condor, an investor can profit as long as the Ether price increase is lower than 49% by expiry.
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Bitcoin predictions | 60% | 78 | $22 830.69 | -4.00% | -0.52% | $440 116 562 399 | ||
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Ethereum predictions | 62% | 83 | $1 567.24 | -4.81% | -3.79% | $191 789 399 777 | ||
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Tether predictions | 96% | 1 | $1.000078 | 0% | -0.01% | $67 781 342 385 | ||
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Binance Coin predictions | 71.6% | 62 | $307.00 | -3.30% | 0.45% | $48 475 686 080 | ||
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USD Coin predictions | 95.6% | 1 | $1.000097 | 0% | 0.02% | $42 712 574 255 | ||
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XRP predictions | 68.4% | 65 | $0.394679 | -4.64% | -7.19% | $20 051 109 625 | ||
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Binance USD predictions | 93.2% | 1 | $1.000027 | -0.04% | -0.01% | $15 732 612 269 | ||
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Cardano predictions | 63.6% | 72 | $0.372216 | -6.14% | -0.88% | $12 876 317 286 | ||
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Dogecoin predictions | 70% | 64 | $0.088159 | -2.33% | -0.57% | $11 696 160 812 | ||
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Lido stETH predictions | 91.2% | 1 | $2 941.39 | -0.40% | -3.32% | $10 258 752 564 | ||
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Polygon predictions | 65.6% | 73 | $1.086506 | -7.74% | 9.11% | $9 489 885 842 | ||
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Solana predictions | 56.8% | 94 | $23.94 | -8.40% | -1.81% | $8 897 955 616 | ||
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Polkadot predictions | 59.2% | 81 | $6.19 | -6.46% | -5.92% | $7 131 777 560 | ||
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Litecoin predictions | 70.8% | 55 | $91.25 | -4.07% | 1.30% | $6 585 562 085 | ||
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Wrapped TRON predictions | 66% | 72 | $0.062203 | -2.41% | -0.99% | $6 324 607 060 |
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