Top traders go long after Bitcoin price rallies to key $11.5K resistance

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Top traders go long after Bitcoin price rallies to key $11.5K resistance

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On Oct. 7 Cointelegraph reported that top crypto traders had kept a bearish stance since mid-September and at the time the Bitcoin (BTC) long-to-short ratio had reached its lowest level in 10 weeks. All of this changed in a matter of hours as soon as BTC broke through the $11,000 resistance.

Whenever Bitcoin's volatility gets too low, it usually signals that traders became too complacent. Naturally, there will be periods of range trading, but short-term unpredictability is Bitcoin's defining characteristic.

For pro traders, implied volatility is commonly known as a fear index because it measures the average premium being paid in the options market. Any unexpected substantial price movement (both negative and positive) will cause the indicator to increase sharply.


Bitcoin 3-month implied volatility. Source: Skew
Take notice of how the 3-month options recently touched its lowest levels in seventeen months. This should not be interpreted as a riskless market, as the S&P 500 3-month volatility currently stands at 28%. That's not even half of Bitcoin's current 60%; therefore, a $500 daily candle should not come as a surprise.

The most recent two-weeks saw Bitcoin price trade in the $10,400-$10,900 range and BTC futures open interest increased by $300 million. This shows that although it was a seemingly quiet period, traders had increased their bets.

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