Data shows Bitcoin bears dominate Friday's $2.5B BTC options expiry
Bears have a potential $450 million lead if Bitcoin fails to hold $32,000 until June 25. Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped roughly 22% over the past 7 days, retesting the $31,700 area for the second time in June. The most pressing news for the negative performance has been China supposedly cracking down bank accounts of over-the-counter desks, according to some analysts:China cracking down on the bank accounts of #bitcoin OTC desks, this is getting serious!!!— Lark Davis (@TheCryptoLark) June 21, 2021 However, as reported by Cointelegraph, Bitcoin's hash rate dropping nearly 50% to an 8-month....
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$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....
Bitcoin price is struggling to regain the $42,000 support as bears hold a $585 million advantage ahead of Friday's $2.1 billion BTC options expiry. A total of 53,400 Bitcoin (BTC) options are set to expiry on Friday, May 28. At first sight, bulls appear to lead as the $2.1 billion open interest call (buy) to put (sell) options ratio stands at 1.32, favoring the neutral-to-bullish derivatives.However, after Bitcoin dropped 33% in May, the right to acquire BTC at $46,000 and above is essentially worthless since there are less than 38 hours left before expiry. Bitcoin price at Coinbase, USD.....
Friday’s $1 billion Bitcoin options expiry is tilted toward bulls who have set their sights on the $40,000 level. On Feb. 5, a total of $1 billion in Bitcoin (BTC) options open interest is set to expire. This number is small relative to the past month's $4 billion options expiry, but monthly and quarterly options typically concentrate the most volume. Friday's expiry is somewhat unusual although it is balanced at the current BTC levels. Data also shows that bulls have many incentives to push up the price above $38,000.BTC Feb. 5 options aggregate open interest. Source: Deribit, OKEx,....
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....
Bears are currently better positioned for this week’s $510 million BTC options expiry, but their overconfidence could give bulls a chance to flip the table. Bitcoin (BTC) has been trying to break above the $20,500 resistance for the past 35 days, with the latest failed attempt on Oct. 6. Meanwhile, bears have displayed strength on four different occasions after BTC tested levels below $18,500 during that period.Bitcoin/USD price index, 12-hour chart. Source: TradingViewInvestors are still unsure whether $18,200 was really the bottom because the support level weakens each time it is tested.....