Volatility Inbound: Bitcoin Traders are Upping Their Leverage as Election Nears
The world is now just one day out from the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, an event that will undoubtedly have far-reaching implications that impact Bitcoin, altcoins, and the traditional markets for potentially years to come. BTC has been showing immense signs of strength heading into the election, bucking a consolidation phase seen by the stock […]
Related News
Bitcoin reached $42K before, but not with these characteristics. The market seems healthy and practically unleveraged. Greed is just showing its face after months of Fear. How did we get here? Calmly and consistently stacking sats, that’s how. What does this mean for the future of BTC’s price? Is the rocket about to take off? Related Reading | Volatility Inbound: Bitcoin Traders are Upping Their Leverage as Election Nears Before going into that, let’s look at the chart from Bitcoin Magazine’s Dylan LeClair. It gives the US Central Bank balance sheet a run for its money as the most....
While the United States prepares for the results of the 2020 Presidential Election, a number of data points and traders expect some significant cryptocurrency price fluctuations this week. Statistics from skew.com show bitcoin’s 30-day implied volatility has increased to 59% while 3-6 month stats jumped over 62%. The digital currency economy is hovering at around $388 billion, which is a giant jump from where it was during the last U.S. election in 2016. For instance, during the 2016 presidential race, the price of bitcoin (BTC) was around $709. Since then the crypto-asset BTC has....
Traders have long been looking towards election day as a potential catalyst for Bitcoin volatility that helps shapes the cryptocurrency’s future trend That day is now here, and BTC is actually seeing some positive price action so far this morning Bulls are in the process of pushing the crypto up towards its $13,800 resistance that has held strong throughout the past few weeks One trader is not expecting this momentum to last for too much […]
Not saying that the US election results could impact an independent market like Bitcoin, one can still see digital currency traders mirroring stock market traders’ cautious take. Traders might want to take a break as the race for next presidential election gets tighter with each passing day. The world’s leading markets, namely S&P 500 (-2%), Dow Jones (-1.5%), Nasdaq Composite (-2.8%), have encountered a short burst of volatility, illustrating how speculators are giving too much weightage to pre-poll readings. These are, however, just cautious parameters amid uncertain....
The bitcoin options market looks to be predicting a pick up-in price volatility following the U.S. presidential election.