Bitcoin Price Makes History By Crossing $126,000: Options Market Forecasts Ne...
The Bitcoin price has shattered previous records by surging past $126,000, marking a new all-time high this Monday. This milestone has been attributed to the cyclical phenomenon known as “Uptober,” a term coined by analysts to describe October’s historical trend of strong price performance during Halving years. Bitcoin Price Surge Linked To ‘Safe-Haven Demand’ The […]
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While Ethereum created history by taking over Bitcoin in the options market, the ETH futures contract entered price backwardation. Ether (ETH) has taken over Bitcoin (BTC) in the options market for the first time in history as the open interest (OI) of Deribit Ether options with a value of $5.6 billion exceeded the OI of Bitcoin options worth $4.6 billion by 32%.OI is calculated by adding all the contracts from opened trades and subtracting the contracts when a trade is closed. It is used as an indicator to determine market sentiment and the strength behind price trends. Deribit is the....
It’s a brand new year, which means that you are probably looking for opportunities to increase your economic wealth. One great way to build your wealth is by trading on the stock market, and 2016 promises to be a very rewarding year on the stock market. While there are tons of options available to put cash into your bank account via the stock market in 2016, one of the most exciting options that promises to offer financial gain is bitcoins and binary options. What are Bitcoins and Binary Options? Binary options refer to a form of online trading. This type of trading came around about 2....
A record number of Ether options is set to expire on June 25 as ETH looks to BTC to reverse its price momentum. Ether (ETH) faces its largest options expiry ever on June 25 as nearly $1.5 billion out of $3.3 billion notional open interest (OI) in ETH options will expire. June’s expiry has over 638,000 ETH options contracts in its purview, accounting for 45% of the total open interest in these options.Although it’s the largest options expiry in the history of the derivative product, the open interest in ETH options OI hit its all-time high of nearly $5.5 billion on May 20 soon after ETH had....
The Bitcoin price has been in decline for almost 10 months. The protracted decline had crashed in stages, accompanied by various news events and pivoting around the $500 price level and crossing over it several times during the past year. Analysis below discusses the reasons for the decline, as well as the factors that are popularly believed to have caused the successive price crashes. Future scenarios are considered, including Bitcoin price forecasts. Blame It On China. Consensus has it that warnings and restrictions issued by authorities in China, on 5 December 2013, had caused (or....
$540 million in Bitcoin options open interest will expire on Friday, and a $93 million imbalance shows bears are taking control. On Dec. 11, a total of $540 million in Bitcoin (BTC) options open interest is set to expire. This number mimics the past month's $525 million options expiry, as monthly and quarterly options typically concentrate the most volume. Although both dates present somewhat unusual activity, this time around, bears seem in control. Data also shows that the Bitcoin bulls appear to have become too optimistic.Currently, the exchange Deribit holds 85% market share for....