2/ The Crypto markets have shifted into a range-bound environment following last week’s mass liquidation event in the crypto derivatives market.
Since the 7th September, $5,000,000,000 USD of open interest has left the BTC futures market.
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Neither bulls or bears have been able to take a firm grip, leaving the market hunting stops at the range high and low!
If you’re a swing trader or long-term investor this is very painful to watch and all signs point to this type of price action continuing in the short-term
Options market analysis on #BTC headed into the August month-end expiry!
Gamma Exposure...
#BTC sees positive gamma concentrated between $44k and $50k, with $50k being the high gamma strike.
This tells me that $44k should be the floor and price gravitates toward $50k!
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I often look for any spike higher in 'volatility skew' to gauge whether or not the market is in demand for downside protection - put buying as a hedge for #BTC long exposure
7-day skew has spiked and perhaps suggests some short-term demand for downside protection
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'Implied volatility term structure' suggests that there is no real panic and demand for volatility related products - which is in my opinion, very positive for #BTC bulls
Considering that Bitcoin is at key HTF resistance, the lack of demand for volatility is quite impressive
A bullish development for the $CRYPTO space over recent weeks has been that '25-delta skew' has trended lower and is now below 0 for the first time since early May 2021...
I'll attempt to briefly explain the significance of this now
First, let's visualize the #BTC chart and '25-delta skew' chart to show how the two are correlated!
When skew peaks, it often leads a #BTC rally, when skew bottoms it often signals a #BTC sell-off... Monitoring skew in early May would have told you that a sell-off was near
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What the hell is '25-delta skew' and why is it important?
This metric measures the relative 'expensiveness' of calls (bullish bets) to puts (bearish bets) - a reading above 0 indicates demand for puts (bearish), the opposite is also true!
The @federalreserve deliver its statement on monetary policy and updated economic projections on Wednesday
This has the potential to create a large, volatile move across markets, including $CRYPTO!
I'll do my best to explain the significance of this now
(RT appreciated)
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Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic the US Federal Reserve has stimulated the US economy like never before, with the goal of leading the US economy out of a recessionary environment.
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In the process of delivering the monetary stimulus, the FED has promoted financial risk-taking and provided the catalyst for a sustained bull run 🔥
Up until this point, I dare say that most have benefited from such risk-taking… which is great!
1/ Here's why Thursday, June 10, has the potential to significantly move financial markets (including $CRYPTO)
(Retweets appreciated!)
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June 10 sees KEY economic data out of the US scheduled for release at 12:30pm UTC...
This data has the potential to 'spook' investors into selling their 'long-risk' positions.
'long-risk' referring to equities, commodities and $CRYPTO etc.
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Given the current uber-relaxed stance to monetary policy by central banks, most investors are currently positioned for risk-ON (long equities, crypto, commodities etc.)
Borrowing money and therefore spending/investing it is currently very cheap, thanks to Central Banks.