As Fed Meeting Looms, Bitcoin Traders Focus on Options Market

The latest moves in crypto markets, in context

By the CoinDesk Markets Team

Edited by Bradley Keoun

September 22, 2021

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Market Moves: Bitcoin Eyes $3B September Options Expiry After a Drop to $40K

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Market Moves

by Omkar Godbole

Bitcoin Eyes $3B September Options Expiry After a Drop to $40K

Major crypto options exchanges, including industry leader Deribit, are due to settle billions of dollars worth of bitcoin options contracts this Friday. Analysts do not expect the monthly expiration to have a notable impact on bitcoin, which is under pressure this week due to several macro risks and regulatory concerns.

Data provided by Skew shows a total of 73,700 options contracts worth $3.14 billion due for expiry Friday, of which nearly 50,000 are call options and the rest are puts. Deribit alone will be settling more than 85% of the total open interest.

“I’m not expecting much fireworks unless we run through $50,000," Shiliang Tang, chief investment officer of crypto hedge fund LedgerPrime told CoinDesk in a Telegram chat. "There’s some concentrated open interest there.”

Chart of options contracts, measured by the number of underlying bitcoin, shows big slug of expirations concentrated on Friday. (Skew.)

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Bitcoin Eyes $3B September Options Expiry After a Drop to $40K

Technician's Take

by Damanick Dantes, CMT

Bitcoin Oversold at Support; Resistance at $47K

Bitcoin (BTC) is holding support above $40,000, which could stabilize the pullback and encourage short-term buyers to return. However, upside appears to be limited given strong resistance around $47,000-$50,000.

The cryptocurrency was trading around $42,000 at press time and is down 2% over the past 24 hours.

Bitcoin daily price chart shows the cryptocurrency finding support around its 100-day moving price average. (TradingView, CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Oversold at Support; Resistance at $47K

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