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$6B In Bitcoin Options Expire In December: Is $115K BTC Price Realistic?
BTC
BTC/USDT
$79,625.99
-0.11%
$79,625.99
-0.11%
(24s)24h Volume
$8,056,675,228.72
24h H/L
$80,200.00 / $79,233.00
Change: $967.00 (1.22%)
Long/Short
53.1%
Long: 53.1%Short: 46.9%
Funding Rate
+0.0021%
Longs pay
Data provided by COINOTAG DATALive data
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Cointelegraph Staff(11:56 PM UTC)
1 min read
Key takeaways:
- Half of the $6 billion in Bitcoin options open interest is tied to long-shot strategies used for hedging and neutral price strategies.
- The 9% put (sell) options premium hints that professional traders are worried about a potential Bitcoin price drop.
Bitcoin (BTC) bulls have high hopes for the year-end options expiry on Dec. 25, which features $6 billion at stake. The 33% price gain…
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