Daily market update: Bitcoin positioning for breakout?

by Team Luno
· 3 minute read

It feels like we’ve been trading in the same zone for months now, but with low volatility, are we set for a major movement in the crypto markets?

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All information is correct as of 10:00am BST.

Bitcoin price

We closed yesterday, 7 October, 2020, at a price of $10,679.14, with a daily high of $10,687.27 and a low of $10,591.96.

On 7 October, 2019, the closing price was $8,245.62. On 7 October, 2018, it was $6,602.95 and the same date in 2017 was $4,426.89

We’re 46.84% below bitcoin‘s all-time high of $20,089 (17 December 2017).

Bitcoin volume

The volume traded yesterday was $17,634,388,529 – down from $22,264,958,686 the day before.

Market capitalisation

Bitcoin’s market capitalisation as of yesterday was $197,678,953,704, up from $196,604,996,202 the day before. To put that into context, Jeff Bezos is currently worth $175.3 billion. This means he can only afford to buy 88.68% of all bitcoin. Bad luck, Jeff.

As of today, buying bitcoin has been profitable for…

93.1% of all days since 2013-04-28.

Fear and Greed Index

Sentiment is at 46 – up from 43 yesterday. Extreme fear can be a sign that investors are too worried, which could be a buying opportunity. When Investors are getting too greedy, that means the market may be due for a correction. Are we set for a big move?

Twitter sentiment

Yesterday, there were 9,831 tweets sent with a positive connotation towards bitcoin, 19,556 with a neutral connotation, and 2,036 were negative.

Global In/Out of the money

For any address with a balance of tokens, ITB identifies the average price (cost) at which those tokens were purchased and compares it with the current price. If the current price is higher than average cost, address is ‘In the Money’. If the current price is lower than the average cost, the address is ‘Out of the Money’.

Chart provided by IntoTheBlock.com

Volatility

Annualised price volatility using 365 days.

Chart provided by IntoTheBlock.com

Bitcoin’s market dominance

Bitcoin’s market dominance stands at 60.25. Its lowest recorded dominance was 37.09 on 8 January, 2018.

Relative Strength Index (RSI)

The daily RSI is currently 45.59. Values of 70 or above indicate that an asset is becoming overbought and may be primed for a trend reversal or experience correction in price – an RSI reading of 30 or below indicates an oversold or undervalued condition.

Resistance and support

What they said yesterday…

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