{"id":427932,"date":"2020-06-21T20:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T20:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=427932"},"modified":"2024-06-11T14:04:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T14:04:13","slug":"friday-bitcoin-contracts-expire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/friday-bitcoin-contracts-expire\/","title":{"rendered":"Freaky Friday: 60% of Bitcoin Contracts Expire This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
With Bitcoin consolidating for nearly six weeks<\/a> and the cryptocurrency community expecting a major move as a result, open interest in BTC options has been surging across the market.<\/p>\n This coming Friday, June 26, nearly $1 billion in value worth of open interest in options, representing 60% of all options open interest, is set to expire. And when it does it could bring about a much need break in the sideways price action and a steep surge in the asset’s trademark volatility.<\/p>\n Bitcoin price has been stuck in a tight trading range<\/a> for a month and a half. Several attempts to breach above $10,000 have been made, but none thus far has managed to hold.<\/p>\n However, sellers have equally been unable to cause any sort of price weakness that brings the asset down to retest support below. A series of high lows has kept any uptrend intact.<\/p>\n Related Reading | This Volatility Measuring Tool Is Signaling One of Bitcoin\u2019s Biggest Moves Yet\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The lack of direction and clear trend has brought volatility to record lows<\/a>, but a break is soon expected.<\/p>\n Data shows that when Bitcoin finally break out from consolation, expansion follows pushing the price by at least 20% or more<\/a>.<\/p>\n 20% to the upside would be a clear breakout of the bear market triangle at $11,250. Downside breakouts could target $7,500 or lower. But first, a break is necessary.<\/p>\n Before the end of this week, the break in volatility may finally be here.<\/p>\nBitcoin Trades Sideways For Weeks, Preparing For Move To $11K or $7K<\/h2>\n
60% of BTC Options Expiring Could Light Crypto’s Short Fuse<\/h2>\n