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Key Bitcoin price indicators signal bulls bought the $43K retest

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Key Bitcoin price indicators signal bulls bought the $43K retest
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Bitcoin’s (BTC) severe 26% drop from its $58,300 all-time high on Feb. 20 injected a bit of bearishness into the market, but from a technical perspective, this was purely psychological, as the digital asset held the $43,000 support with ease. This downside move caused indicators like the Crypto Fear & Greed Index to hit 38, its lowest level in five months.

Bitcoin price in U.S. dollars on Coinbase. Source: TradingView

Even though a $15,400 downside move might seem unusual, 25% and even larger corrections happened on six separate occasions during the 2017 bull run. Moreover, when BTC first made an all-time high at $42,000 on Jan. 8, a 31.5% negative swing to $28,750 happened in the following two weeks.

As Bitcoin tried to establish a bottom, derivatives contracts eliminated any bullish signal and momentarily displayed worrisome data. For example, the open interest on futures dropped 22% after peaking at $19.1 billion on Feb. 21.

Bitcoin futures aggregate open interest. Source: Bybt

As depicted above, considering the end-of-month expiry impact, BTC futures open interest fell by 22%. Albeit significant, the remaining $14.9 billion is still 44% above the previous month’s data.

Derivatives indicators held steady, indicating a healthy market

By measuring the futures contracts premium to the current spot levels, one can infer whether professional traders are leaning bullish or bearish. Typically, markets should display a slightly positive annualized rate, a situation known as “contango.”

Bitcoin 1-month futures annualized premium. Source: TradingView

Although the one-month futures contracts premium toned down from the ultra-bullish 6% rate seen mid-February, it did manage to sustain levels above 1.2%. The annualized equivalent is a 70% peak compared with the current 17% rate. Therefore, the futures contracts premium indicates that any excessive leverage from buyers has been eliminated, but we are nowhere near a bear market.

Meanwhile, the BTC options markets 25% delta skew measures how the neutral-to-bullish calls are priced compared with equivalent bearish puts.

Bitcoin 1-month options 25% delta skew. Source: laevitas.ch

The indicator acts as an options traders’ fear and greed gauge and was sitting at -5% until Feb. 21, meaning protection to the upside was more expensive. Over the past week, the 25% delta skew moved to a neutral zone that was last seen almost five months ago.

This further confirms the absence of desperation from market makers and top traders while shredding signs of the excessive optimism seen in January.

The absence of bearishness during a crash is a good signal

As institutional investors continue to flock to the space, Bitcoin’s volatility tends to have a lessened impact on derivatives markets. To illustrate this new situation, both BTC futures and options markets indicators were far from flashing any red flags despite the 26% price drop.

Bitcoin’s positive newsflow and institutional investors interest is likely unharmed after the most…



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