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    Home » BTC » Following the 3% Spike, Bitcoin Eyes Huge Resistance Area Next (BTC Price Analysis)

    Following the 3% Spike, Bitcoin Eyes Huge Resistance Area Next (BTC Price Analysis)

    Author: CryptoVizArt

    Last Updated Jan 20, 2022 @ 17:50

    Despite the relatively long consolidation phase in the past few weeks, the options traders, alongside the on-chain metrics, are showing uncertainty. The fear on the macro scale is affecting both the cryptocurrency and stock market.

    Options Market Analysis

    This Friday, January 21st, approximately $538 million worth of Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Deribit. The max pain scenario is for the price to be at $43K for this expiry. Calls for the $44K strike price have the highest open interest. Puts for the $39k strike price have the highest open interest among put options.

    Open interest for 21Jan_44k_C has increased since January 11th, and most of them are call buyers. Top Instrument OI change shows that maybe call option traders with $48K strike price orders were not optimistic about an increase in the price above this strike price ($48K) for this expiry anymore.

    Deribits open interest by strike price
    Source: Deribit
    Top instrument OI change last 48 H
    Source: Laevitas.ch

    Technical Analysis

    Due to the fear at the macro level, the cryptocurrency market is showing a great deal of uncertainty. While the BTC price remained above $40K, consolidation continues at the $40K-$43K range. Many of the participants believe that we are entering a bear market.

    Meanwhile, others believe that the bull run is not over yet. We can use technical indicators to see past trends then anticipate the most possible scenarios. One of these indicators is the Ichimoku cloud. Tenkan-sen (conversion line) crossed down through Kijun-sen (baseline) in November on the daily time frame, indicating that the price is dropping. According to the DMI indicator, by moving –DI above +DI, a downtrend was confirmed.

    Then, the $40K-$42K zone acted as solid support for the past few weeks. For bitcoin to hit the higher prices, Tenkan-sen must come back above the Kijun-sen and +DI>-DI. Otherwise, the $40K-$42K level will be tested again.

    Technical analysis long-term
    Source: TradingView

    Short-Term Analysis

    Bitcoin was moving within a descending channel since December on the 8-hour time frame. It broke out the channel on 12 January for the second time. The chart shows that in this time frame, the pullback was completed where the green level acted as good support. Simultaneously, the RSI was supported by the lower band of the Bollinger band. For now, bitcoin is trying to test the red level resistance, which is $44K. Possible resistances are shown in the chart.

    Technical analysis, short-term
    Source: TradingView

    Onchain Analysis

    One of the well-known on-chain metrics that can map the “Fear” is the Net Unrealized Profit/Loss, which denotes the total amount of profit/loss as a ratio.

    The value of this metric is interpreted through the ratio of investors who are in profit. An increasing trend in value means more investors are beginning to be in profit, and a down strand means the number of underwater participants is growing. At the moment, NUPL is approaching the same level (0.35) that the market was in July 2020. This is a perfect explanation for the obvious uncertainty among analysts.

    Bitcoin: Net Unrealized Profit/Loss (NUPL)
    Source: CryptoQuant

     

    The technical analysis and options market review is prepared by @N_E_D_A.

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