US Bitcoin Futures Expiration

Bitcoin (BTC) is heading into a massive options expiry already on the back foot. The event could add pressure to a market battered by fading institutional demand and macro headwinds. Roughly $10 billion in notional value of Bitcoin options expires on Deribit, the largest crypto options venue, at 4 p.m. on Friday, June 26, in Singapore. With most of those contracts positioned as bullish bets and Bitcoin sliding, traders may shift toward more defensive or outright bearish stances into the close. The expiring contracts account for about ...

Bitcoin’s June options expiry is shaping up as a difficult test for bulls after a 14% price drop left much of the bullish positioning far out of reach. About $13 billion in bitcoin options open interest is set to expire on June 26, creating a large settlement event at a moment when BTC is already trading under pressure. The market’s problem is not only the size of the expiry. It is where traders had placed their bets before the June decline accelerated. Most call options were stacked at $68,000 or higher, meaning many bullish ...

On Dec. 26, the largest expiration of Bitcoin options in history by "notional value" will take place. Tomorrow will likely be boring and choppy because big institutions are forcing the price to stay still to maximize their profits on expiring contracts. However, once that event is over and January begins, an explosive move upward could take place if there is no major bad news affecting the top crypto. Roughly $23.7 billion in BTC options are expiring. When you add Ethereumand others, the total is around $28 billion. Options are ...

Even as various asset classes are experiencing thinned-out trading during this seasonally sluggish year-end period, these 2 major instruments could see sizeable trading opportunities tomorrow. Here’s what’s happening on Friday, December 27th: 1) Japan data dump and release of Bank of Japan (BoJ) summary of opinions Here are the predictions from economists: • Tokyo CPI (December): 2.9% rise year-on-year (December 2024 vs. December 2023). (higher than November 2.6% headline inflation figure) • Tokyo CPI excluding fresh food and energy ...

Bitcoin prices continue to grind higher as we approach the weekend. Today, around $8 billion in BTC option expiries are due to roll off, creating plenty of volatility risk. The good news for bulls is that the put-call skew beyond today’s expiry, favours further upside in BTC, meaning that there should be a good amount of rollover today, keeping BTC on a positive trajectory. Seasonal trends in BTC point to October as typically being among the three bets months for the market, meaning that we could be seeing an early push higher here ...

Bitcoin rose above $65,000 for the first time in four weeks before the expiration of options contracts on Friday that some analysts say may result in heightened volatility in the cryptocurrency market. Dipping back below that price level would prompt a sharp decline, while a sustained breakthrough could be followed by a rally, according to Chris Newhouse, director of research at Cumberland Labs. “We’re at $65,000 levels now, and slowly testing higher, either we break out and maintain that as a new level of price discovery, or we ...

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