“The big impact, however, is [from] the gamma positioning of dealers into the event. Dealers are short some $50 million of gamma, with the majority focused at around the $70,000 strike. As we near the expiry, that gamma position gets larger and the forced hedging will exacerbate volatility around $70,000, providing for some whippy, choppy moves either side of the said level,” Brickell told CoinDesk.
Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/03/28/bitcoin-ether-could-witness-upside-volatility-as-15b-options-expiry-looms/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines