Bitcoin Volatility Kicks Into Overdrive After ATH Set, 7% One Hour Drop Follows

Bitcoin prices are fun, if you like roller coasters. For traders who see volatility as an opportunity to make money and are willing to accept the risks, this is great. However this volatility presents a risk for long-term investors, fund managers and businesses who use digital currency for day-to-day operations. The newly launched algorithm for Bitcoin trading, TWAP (Time Weighted Average Price), could save both money and headaches for people and companies not equipped for higher risk. Benchmarking Your Trades. On January 15, 2016 at 21:58 GMT (Figure 1), the price for bitcoin was $390. In....

Bitcoin volatility levels have now bitten a new low since November 2020. Volatility in the market has seen a downward drop as the price of bitcoin has stagnated in the last few months. As bitcoin saw record highs at the start of the bull market, volatility had risen greatly. Speculations rocked the market and there […]

In this morning's bitcoin price watch piece, we highlighted the levels that we would be watching throughout today's European session. We suggested that - on the back of the volatility we have seen throughout the majority of this week - we may get some further volatility from which we could draw medium-term profits. As action has matured throughout today, it has become apparent that we will likely not see this volatility before the Asian session kicks off tonight. However, before this happens, it's worth highlighting the levels that we are watching this evening, and addressing where will be....

Here's what we are looking at in the bitcoin price this evening from an intraday perspective. It’s that time of the day again, as the European session draws to a close and the US afternoon kicks off. Volume generally picks up a bit around this time, and with this added volume will often come a bit more volatility. In anticipation of this volatility, let’s take a look at what’s on this evening. First, what did action this morning tell us about what’s set to play out going forward? Well, in this morning’s analysis we noted that price had shot up overnight, and that this gain mirrored the....

Shortly before the markets closed in the UK yesterday afternoon, we published our twice-daily bitcoin price watch piece. In the piece, we suggested how we would approach the markets throughout the Asian session, on expectations that markets and volatility and be able to implement our breakout strategy overnight. As it happened, we did get this volatility, and managed to get in and out of the markets pretty cleanly. So, with this said, what are the levels that we are watching today, and how we going to respond to any further volatility in the bitcoin price as business kicks off in Europe?....