diff --git a/examples/derivs/__init__.py b/examples/derivs/__init__.py
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index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/examples/max_pain.py b/examples/max_pain.py
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+++ b/examples/max_pain.py
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from decimal import (
+    Decimal,
+)
+import trio
+import tractor
+from datetime import datetime
+from pprint import pformat
+from piker.brokers.deribit.api import (
+    get_client,
+    maybe_open_oi_feed,
+)
+
+def check_if_complete(
+        oi: dict[str, dict[str, Decimal | None]]
+    ) -> bool:
+    return all(
+        oi[strike]['C'] is not None
+        and
+        oi[strike]['P'] is not None for strike in oi
+    )
+
+
+async def max_pain_daemon(
+) -> None:
+    oi_by_strikes: dict[str, dict[str, Decimal | None]]
+    instruments: list[Symbol] = []
+    expiry_dates: list[str]
+    expiry_date: str
+    currency: str = 'btc'
+    kind: str = 'option'
+
+    async with get_client(
+    ) as client:
+        expiry_dates: list[str] = await client.get_expiration_dates(
+            currency=currency,
+            kind=kind
+        )
+
+        print(f'Available expiration dates for {currency}-{kind}:')
+        print(f'{expiry_dates}')
+        expiry_date = input('Please enter a valid expiration date: ').upper()
+        print('Starting little daemon...')
+
+        oi_by_strikes: dict[str, dict[str, Decimal]]
+        instruments = await client.get_instruments(
+            expiry_date=expiry_date,
+        )
+        oi_by_strikes = client.get_strikes_dict(instruments)
+
+
+    def update_oi_by_strikes(msg: tuple):
+        nonlocal oi_by_strikes
+        if 'oi' == msg[0]:
+            strike_price = msg[1]['strike_price']
+            option_type = msg[1]['option_type']
+            open_interest = msg[1]['open_interest']
+            oi_by_strikes.setdefault(
+                strike_price, {}
+            ).update(
+                {option_type: open_interest}
+            )
+
+    def get_max_pain(
+        oi_by_strikes: dict[str, dict[str, Decimal]]
+    ) -> dict[str, str | Decimal]:
+        '''
+        This method requires only the strike_prices and oi for call
+        and puts, the closes list are the same as the strike_prices
+        the idea is to sum all the calls and puts cash for each strike
+        and the ITM strikes from that strike, the lowest value is what we
+        are looking for the intrinsic value.
+
+        '''
+
+        nonlocal timestamp
+        # We meed to find the lowest value, so we start at
+        # infinity to ensure that, and the max_pain must be
+        # an amount greater than zero.
+        total_intrinsic_value: Decimal = Decimal('Infinity')
+        max_pain: Decimal = Decimal(0)
+        call_cash: Decimal = Decimal(0)
+        put_cash: Decimal = Decimal(0)
+        intrinsic_values: dict[str, dict[str, Decimal]] = {}
+        closes: list = sorted(Decimal(close) for close in oi_by_strikes)
+
+        for strike, oi in oi_by_strikes.items():
+            s = Decimal(strike)
+            call_cash = sum(max(0, (s - c) * oi_by_strikes[str(c)]['C']) for c in closes)
+            put_cash = sum(max(0, (c - s) * oi_by_strikes[str(c)]['P']) for c in closes)
+
+            intrinsic_values[strike] = {
+                'C': call_cash,
+                'P': put_cash,
+                'total': call_cash + put_cash,
+            }
+
+            if intrinsic_values[strike]['total'] < total_intrinsic_value:
+                total_intrinsic_value = intrinsic_values[strike]['total']
+                max_pain = s
+
+        return {
+            'timestamp': timestamp,
+            'expiry_date': expiry_date,
+            'total_intrinsic_value': total_intrinsic_value,
+            'max_pain': max_pain,
+        }
+
+    async with maybe_open_oi_feed(
+        instruments,
+    ) as oi_feed:
+        async for msg in oi_feed:
+
+            update_oi_by_strikes(msg)
+            if check_if_complete(oi_by_strikes):
+                if 'oi' == msg[0]:
+                    timestamp = msg[1]['timestamp']
+                    max_pain = get_max_pain(oi_by_strikes)
+                    print('-----------------------------------------------')
+                    print(f'timestamp:             {datetime.fromtimestamp(max_pain['timestamp'])}')
+                    print(f'expiry_date:           {max_pain['expiry_date']}')
+                    print(f'max_pain:              {max_pain['max_pain']}')
+                    print(f'total intrinsic value: {max_pain['total_intrinsic_value']}')
+                    print('-----------------------------------------------')
+
+
+async def main():
+
+    async with tractor.open_nursery() as n:
+
+        p: tractor.Portal = await n.start_actor(
+            'max_pain_daemon',
+            enable_modules=[__name__],
+            infect_asyncio=True,
+        )
+        await p.run(max_pain_daemon)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    trio.run(main)
diff --git a/examples/max_pain_readme.rst b/examples/max_pain_readme.rst
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index 00000000..c24907a6
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+++ b/examples/max_pain_readme.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+## Max Pain Calculation for Deribit Options
+
+This feature, which calculates the max pain point for options traded on the Deribit exchange using cryptofeed library.
+
+- Functions in the api module for fetching options data from Deribit. [commit](https://pikers.dev/pikers/piker/commit/da55856dd2876291f55a06eb0561438a912d8241)
+
+- Compute the max pain point based on open interest data using deribit's api. [commit](https://pikers.dev/pikers/piker/commit/0d9d6e15ba0edeb662ec97f7599dd66af3046b94)
+
+### How to test it?
+
+**Before start:** in order to get this working with `uv`,  you **must** use my `tractor` [fork](https://pikers.dev/ntorres/tractor/src/branch/aio_abandons) and this branch: `aio_abandons`, the reason is that I cherry-pick the `uv_migration` that guille made, for some reason that a didn't dive into, in my system y need tractor using `uv` too. quite hacky I guess.
+
+1. `uv lock`
+
+2. `uv run --no-dev python examples/max_pain.py`
+
+3. A message should be display, enter one of the expiration date available.
+
+4. The script should be up and running.
diff --git a/piker/brokers/deribit/api.py b/piker/brokers/deribit/api.py
index ee9c7033..bf640c9e 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/deribit/api.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/deribit/api.py
@@ -379,6 +379,82 @@ class Client:
 
         return flat
 
+    async def get_instruments(
+        self,
+        currency: str = 'btc',
+        kind: str = 'option',
+        expired: bool = False,
+        expiry_date: str = None,
+
+    ) -> list[Symbol]:
+        """
+        Get instruments for cryptoFeed.FeedHandler.
+        """
+        params: dict[str, str] = {
+            'currency': currency.upper(),
+            'kind': kind,
+            'expired': expired,
+        }
+
+        r: JSONRPCResult = await self._json_rpc_auth_wrapper(
+            'public/get_instruments',
+            params,
+        )
+        resp = r.result
+        response_list = []
+
+        for i in range(len(resp)):
+            element = resp[i]
+            name = f'{element["instrument_name"].split("-")[1]}'
+            if not expiry_date or name == expiry_date.upper():
+                response_list.append(piker_sym_to_cb_sym(element['instrument_name']))
+
+        return response_list
+
+    async def get_expiration_dates(
+        self,
+        currency: str = 'btc',
+        kind: str = 'option',
+
+    ) ->  list[str]:
+        """
+        Get a dict with all expiration dates listed as value and currency as key.
+        """
+
+        params: dict[str, str] = {
+            'currency': currency.upper(),
+            'kind': kind,
+        }
+
+        r: JSONRPCResult = await self._json_rpc_auth_wrapper(
+            'public/get_expirations',
+            params,
+        )
+        resp = r.result
+
+        return resp[currency][kind]
+
+    def get_strikes_dict(
+        self,
+        instruments: list[Symbol],
+
+    ) -> dict[str, dict[str, Decimal | None]]:
+        """
+        Get a dict with strike prices as keys.
+        """
+
+        response: dict[str, dict[str, Decimal | None]] = {}
+
+        for i in range(len(instruments)):
+            element = instruments[i]
+            strike = f'{str(element).split('-')[1]}'
+            response[f'{strike}'] = {
+                'C': None,
+                'P': None,
+            }
+
+        return response
+
     async def submit_limit(
         self,
         symbol: str,
@@ -759,6 +835,117 @@ async def maybe_open_price_feed(
 
 
 
+async def aio_open_interest_feed_relay(
+    fh: FeedHandler,
+    instruments: list[Symbol],
+    from_trio: asyncio.Queue,
+    to_trio: trio.abc.SendChannel,
+) -> None:
+    async def _trade(
+        trade: Trade,  # cryptofeed, NOT ours from `.venues`!
+        receipt_timestamp: int,
+    ) -> None:
+        '''
+        Proxy-thru `cryptofeed.FeedHandler` "trades" to `piker`-side.
+
+        '''
+        to_trio.send_nowait(('trade', trade))
+
+	# trade and oi are user defined functions that
+	# will be called when trade and open interest updates are received
+	# data type is not dict, is an object: cryptofeed.types.OpenINterest
+    async def _oi(
+        oi: OpenInterest,
+        receipt_timestamp: int,
+    ) -> None:
+        '''
+        Proxy-thru `cryptofeed.FeedHandler` "oi" to `piker`-side.
+
+        '''
+        symbol: Symbol = str_to_cb_sym(oi.symbol)
+        piker_sym: str = cb_sym_to_deribit_inst(symbol)
+        (
+            base,
+            expiry_date,
+            strike_price,
+            option_type
+        ) = tuple(
+            piker_sym.split('-')
+        )
+        msg = {
+            'timestamp': oi.timestamp,
+            'strike_price': strike_price,
+            'option_type': option_type,
+            'open_interest': Decimal(oi.open_interest),
+        }
+        to_trio.send_nowait(('oi', msg))
+
+
+    channels = [TRADES, OPEN_INTEREST]
+    callbacks={TRADES: _trade, OPEN_INTEREST: _oi}
+
+    fh.add_feed(
+        DERIBIT,
+        channels=channels,
+        symbols=instruments,
+        callbacks=callbacks
+    )
+
+    if not fh.running:
+        fh.run(
+            start_loop=False,
+            install_signal_handlers=False
+        )
+
+    # sync with trio
+    to_trio.send_nowait(None)
+
+    # run until cancelled
+    await asyncio.sleep(float('inf'))
+
+
+@acm
+async def open_oi_feed(
+    instruments: list[Symbol],
+) -> to_asyncio.LinkedTaskChannel:
+
+    fh: FeedHandler
+    first: None
+    chan: to_asyncio.LinkedTaskChannel
+    async with (
+        maybe_open_feed_handler() as fh,
+        to_asyncio.open_channel_from(
+            partial(
+                aio_open_interest_feed_relay,
+                fh,
+                instruments,
+            )
+        ) as (first, chan)
+    ):
+        yield chan
+
+
+@acm
+async def maybe_open_oi_feed(
+    instruments: list[Symbol],
+) -> trio.abc.ReceiveStream:
+
+    # TODO: add a predicate to maybe_open_context
+    feed: to_asyncio.LinkedTaskChannel
+    async with maybe_open_context(
+        acm_func=open_oi_feed,
+        kwargs={
+            'instruments': instruments
+        },
+        key=f'{instruments[0].base}',
+
+    ) as (cache_hit, feed):
+        if cache_hit:
+            yield broadcast_receiver(feed, 10)
+        else:
+            yield feed
+
+
 # TODO, move all to `.broker` submod!
 # async def aio_order_feed_relay(
 #     fh: FeedHandler,