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Alpha Bites #23: How to Play Bitcoin's Market Change Breakout
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Alpha Bites #23: How to Play Bitcoin's Market Change Breakout

How the market just liquidated $275 MM out of the bitcoin from market makers who were forced to cover one-way options bets on their #BTC - pumping Bitcoin to year-to-date heights.

Today’s Topics

  • The mechanics of the options trade that caused millions of dollars of short liquidation in minutes as one-direction traders were caught off guard as BTC crossed $30K.

  • How the #bitcoin milkshake is now in effect, sucking up market liquidity and leaving little left for #altcoins.

  • Why it's NOT yet time to buy #Ethereum.

  • Whether it's time to start trading the breakout or wait until the next price level is discovered.

  • The importance of #spotvolumes moving #BTC price beyond what options will do - Meaning behind record CME Bitcoin Futures Open Interest and how institutions are positioning.

  • Impacts to 2024 Bitcoin price expectations.

  • Profit taking vs FOMO into the latest price move.

  • Dry powder sitting on the #cryptomarket sidelines and impact of #binance legal action.

  • Why the market isn't bullish enough on the recent price action and spot volume.

  • The risk of #gbtc needing to sell #Bitcoin into the market.


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