CME Bitcoin Futures Options Activated, While Bitcoin’s (BTC) Price Stays Pressured

Bitcoin is currently exchanged for $ 8,631. Buyers are making every effort to ensure that the price does not exceed $ 8,600 below. Adding to selling pressure on $ 8,700 leads to resistance around the moving averages of 5 and 13. A break above $ 8,700 may take longer than expected, but when this happens, Bitcoin should be ready for more bearish actions at level $ 8000.

CME Group keeps on being a key player in the area of crypto derivatives, even though it was not the first available. To reinforce its situation in the market, CME dispatches regulated futures options on January 13, 2020. On the primary day of exchanging, CME option contracts crested over $ 2.3 million. Its rival Bakkt just figured out how to sell about $ 380,000 on the primary day of exchange. An announcement by the CME CEO after the dispatch says:

We know from experience that successful options products require a robust, liquid underlying futures market. Our CME Bitcoin futures have become one of the most liquid, listed Bitcoin derivatives products in the world over the past two years.

Most as of late, Bakkt entered the market sooner than CME with its regulated options for bitcoin futures. In any case, after the effective dispatch of its option contracts on January 13, it appears that the Chicago CME is by and by arriving at the highest point in the industry.

When CME option contracts debuted on Monday, trading volumes on the company’s opening day exceeded $ 2.3 million, more than five times the volume of Bakkt’s as main competitor, which traded just over $ 380,000.

On the eve of January 13, CME saw a surge in bitcoin futures. The first four trading days of 2020 showed that returns grew by almost 70% compared to the end of 2019. Analysts from J.P. Morgan was quick to associate this increase with the launch of the upcoming option, saying that it was expected.

The explanation behind the fanfare might be that asset underlying the CME option isn’t Bitcoin (BTC) itself, yet Bitcoin futures. options give dealers the chance to support their risk on the underlying resources, and futures are innately dangerous. In this manner, the forthcoming hedging capacity may clarify why such a large number of traders looked to get the fundamental resource.

BTC/USD Price Rage Continues in a Lackluster Trend
BTC / USD ran into bears for two days in a row, trading beneath the $ 9,000 level. This Monday, BTC / USD plunged from the level at $ 8,734 to $ 8,504.06. Currently, the price of the digital currency has risen to $ 8,625.71 level.

In the future, the pair BTCUSD may begin testing the support level of $ 8,000, with emphasis that the level of $ 8500 may be broken with certainty. BTCUSD bulls may push the cryptocurrency from a more striking level on the off-chance it targets the level of $ 8,000.

The BTCUSD stays bullish as long as it’s trending past the level of $ 8500, the key resistance is on the level at $ 9000 and $ 9,200.

However on the off-chance, the BTCUSD pair is trending beneath the $ 8,500 level, bears may test support levels of $ 8,000 and $ 7,700.

Supply Levels: $ 8,500, $ 8,200, $ 8,000

Demand Levels: $ 9,200, $ 9,000, $ 8,800