Bitcoin price closes in on $40K, but pro traders are still skeptical
Traders expect BTC to flip $40,000 back to support soon, but derivatives metrics signal that a different outcome could occur. The Bitcoin (BTC) daily price chart seems to be making a steady recovery pattern, but some concerning indicators are coming from derivatives markets. At the moment, the futures and options markets are showing a lack of confidence from Bitcoin pro traders, but there's a positive spin to the data.Bitcoin price at Coinbase, USD. Source: TradingViewThe road to $40,000 seems uncomfortably predictable, and cryptocurrency traders usually call it "manipulation" when such....
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Bitcoin had been able to break out of its red streak earlier in the year after making 11 consecutive red weekly closes. With the market recovery, the digital asset had begun to return some green weekly closes. That is until the market correction, and bitcoin lost about $4,000 off the top of its value. This resulted in a weekly close for the prior week, and even though it looked like a recovery might be on the horizon, bitcoin has recorded another red weekly close. Two Red Closes Within the last couple of weeks, bitcoin had seen some incredible movements that had returned faith in the....
Bitcoin has now had 7 consecutive daily green candle closes this month. There have been a couple of 7 consecutive daily candle closes. But so far there has been no eight. The last time there were 8 consecutive daily candle closes, bitcoin price saw a price run-up that saw the price moving out of the $20,000 price range into the $30,000. BTC price movements after 8 consecutive daily candlesticks | Source: Twitter The chart above outlines the movement of the market the last time this happened. The run-up had started last year in 2020 and continued into 2021 before tapering off in....
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Bitcoin's price finally recaptured the $50,000 level, but data shows that pro traders are somewhat skeptical for a variety of reasons. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) is back at the $50,000 level, and there's little doubt that the 47% positive rally over the past 30 days has been fueled by whale accumulation, institutional adoption and positive remarks from regulators regarding a possible exchange-traded fund (EFT) approval.Despite the positive newsflow, the top traders at crypto exchanges and derivatives data appear unmoved by the recent rally to the $50,000 resistance.Crypto analyst Will....