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$6B In Bitcoin Options Expire In December: Is $115K BTC Price Realistic?

BTC

BTC/USDT

$79,625.99
-0.11%
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
Bitcoin
Bitcoin
Daily

$79,620.00

-0.27%

Volume (24h): -

Resistance Levels
Resistance 3$88,315.23
Resistance 2$81,908.22
Resistance 1$79,878.00
Price$79,620.00
Support 1$78,324.21
Support 2$73,033.65
Support 3$70,930.00
Pivot (PP):$79,824.58
Trend:Sideways
RSI (14):65.9
CS
Cointelegraph Staff
(11:56 PM UTC)
1 min read
SC
Approved bySarah Chen

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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