{"id":408362,"date":"2019-12-23T01:45:18","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T01:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=408362"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:35:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:35:39","slug":"cme-futures-institutions-hestitant-despite-bitcoins-bullish-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/cme-futures-institutions-hestitant-despite-bitcoins-bullish-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"CME Futures Data: Institutions Still Wary Despite Bitcoin’s Bullish Signs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once again, analysts have begun to flip bullish on Bitcoin (BTC), citing fundamental and technical factors to back their cheery sentiment. Though, not everyone is convinced that the cryptocurrency market is poised to see upside.<\/p>\n

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CME Futures Show Institutions Bearish On BTC<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Each week, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) releases a “Commitment of Traders” Report, in which the exchange reveals position data supplied by reporting firms. As there is a Bitcoin futures contract on the CME, the COT report applies to BTC.<\/p>\n

According to the latest data (shared by crypto data and news Telegram channel “Unfolded”<\/a>), institutional traders \u2014 hedge funds, money managers, etc. \u2014 are still overwhelmingly net short on BTC, with an aggregate position of -1,250 BTC \u2014 the lowest this metric has seen in over a year, potentially ever. This means that institutional traders as a class are still rather bearish on Bitcoin and the rest of the cryptocurrency market.<\/p>\n

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While some are doubtful of the track record of institutional traders, there is evidence to suggest that such players have an understanding of Bitcoin’s trajectory. Per previous reports from NewsBTC<\/a>, prominent crypto trader and developer Romano remarked that when Bakkt launched, futures data suggested that institutions were not short.<\/p>\n

Of course, Bitcoin crashed in the days that followed. This, he claims, is a sign that institutions \u201chave a good track record for the right directional trade.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bitcoin’s Bull Case Building<\/strong><\/h2>\n

While institutions are hesitant, there are signs that a bull case is building.<\/p>\n

Dave the Wave, the trader that called the move to the $6,000s months ago. Dave\u00a0remarked<\/a>\u00a0that he expects Bitcoin\u2019s one-week Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator to turn upward, which will kick off the next round of growth in the BTC market.<\/p>\n

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Predicting the weekly MACD about to turn up…. going according to plan. \ud83d\ude42 pic.twitter.com\/xi0VJWojU0<\/a><\/p>\n

— dave the wave\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udf13 (@davthewave) December 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n