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Derivatives Risk Indicators.

Monitor derivatives market dynamics with precision. Calculate custom implied volatility smiles and surfaces, assess liquidations at an asset-level, and get comprehensive contract-level metrics including open interest, funding rates, and Greeks.

Manage derivatives risk with confidence.

Kaiko Derivatives Risk Indicators are built for risk management, providing you with an implied volatility estimate of any crypto asset with user-provided criteria, as well as other contract-specific risk metrics.


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  • Complete Risk Management
    Analyze derivatives risk through multiple lenses – from IV smiles and surfaces to funding rates, open interest, and Greeks.

  • Comprehensive Real-time Coverage
    Access data on 200k+ derivatives contracts including all BTC, ETH, SOL, MATIC, and XRP instruments across major exchanges and get minute-by-minute updates through a reliable API.

  • Liquidation Insights
    Compare liquidations between exchanges, aggregated at the asset-level to risk-assess directional market pressure or spot directional imbalances between exchanges and assets.

  • Flexible Volatility Calculations
    Calculate implied volatility for any listed strike price or expiry date using strikes, deltas, or moneyness. Get values for strikes and expiries that sit between market quotes using space and time interpolation.

How Kaiko DERIVATIVES RISK INDICATORS Helps

Kaiko Derivatives Risk Indicators is used by various market players such as exchanges, market makers, traders, and prime brokers to manage derivatives risk strategy.

  • Advanced Risk Management

    Monitor portfolio risk through multiple dimensions, from volatility surfaces to funding rates, enabling dynamic hedging strategies.

  • Market Making Excellence

    Price options accurately with comprehensive IV analysis and real-time risk metrics for optimal spread management.

  • Arbitrage Detection

    Identify opportunities across venues by comparing implied volatilities, funding rates, and other key risk indicators.

  • Strategic Positioning

    Make informed trading decisions with multi-dimensional risk analysis covering both options and futures markets.

  • Feature
    Basic Tier From $1,000 per month.
    Advanced Tier From $2,000 per month.
    Time to expiry
    Open interests
    Options IV and greeks

    Best bid, best ask, mark price, gamma, rho, theta, vega, provided by the exchange.

    Perpetual funding rates

    Current and predicted perpetual funding rates.

    IV smile
    IV surface
    Token-level liquidation volumes

    Related Resources

    IV Report

    An exploration of the power of IV, with real-life examples.

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    Methodology

    Our IV calculation method used in Kaiko Derivatives Risk Indicators.

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    Research paper

    An in-depth academic paper on IV. The foundation for our methodology.

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