THELOGICALINDIAN - The bazaar for CME Bitcoin futures shrank to its everyman akin in four months with volumes about 50 lower than aiguille action in July The futures bazaar behavior was beheld as an indicator for abrasion Bitcoin BTC performance
Futures Potentially Sway Bitcoin Price Direction
The futures bazaar acquaint the everyman volumes in four months, aloof as BTC bankrupt bottomward beneath $10,000 again, declining to accomplish addition rally. BTC slid to $9,896.49 afterwards a one-hour blast aboriginal on Thursday.
The futures markets may announce both moods and abeyant attempts to amplitude the BTC market. The barrage of the cash-settled futures was apparent as potentially ambience off the continued accelerate in BTC prices in 2024.
Now, the low CME action additionally coincides with the approaching barrage of the Bakkt ICE futures market. This time, there are still questions on how the artefact will affect BTC atom prices. Bakkt will use a concrete commitment settlement, instead of banknote settlement.
Sentiment surrounding BTC prices are still assuming the accustomed affection is “fear”. At this point, it is still alien what blazon of investors would access the futures markets, and how they would alter in affect and activities in allegory to atom bazaar traders.
Traders are still award unconclusive affirmation that BTC prices are somehow affected by the behavior of CME futures:
Bakkt Physical Futures Arrive in Days
It is ambiguous if the new Bakkt futures would accept a agnate effect. In theory, traders could access concrete BTC by accepting a arrangement and captivation assimilate it until afterwards settlement. Then, they would be accustomed with absolute BTC.
Despite the bargain volumes, the CME has added the atom ages position limits. As BTC charcoal unpredictable, it is accessible that there is additionally aback accretion absorption in trading. BTC assets usually chase a arrangement of fast acknowledgment and continued average periods of low action or corrections.
The CME futures bazaar additionally accepted to be added alive in allegory to the CBOE product, which was discontinued aloof afore the big summer assemblage which beatific BTC to a annual peak. BTC cash-settled futures abide a bound apparatus for investments, with markets closing aloft contest of college volatility.
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