Daily market update: Bitcoin sees second-highest monthly close

Bitcoin saw the second-highest monthly close in its history yesterday, with October only topped by December 2017. With the US election set to take place on Wednesday, it’s going to be an interesting week for the markets – which way will bitcoin going?

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All information is correct as of 07:00am GMT.

Bitcoin price

We closed yesterday, 1 November, 2020, at a price of $13,737.11, with a daily high of $13,862.03 and a low of $13,628.38. That’s the highest daily low since 15 January, 2018.

We’re 31.62% below bitcoin‘s all-time high of $20,089 (17 December 2017).

As of today, buying bitcoin has been profitable for…

98.3% of all days since 2013-04-28.

Bitcoin volume

The volume traded yesterday was $24,453,857,900 – down from $30,306,464,719 the day before. High volume indicates that a significant price movement has stronger support and is more likely to be sustained.

Market capitalisation

Bitcoin’s market capitalisation as of yesterday was $254,569,759,063, down from $255,372,071,116 the day before.

Fear and Greed Index

Sentiment remains in greed at 71 – down from 72 the day before. Extreme fear can indicate that investors are getting too worried and there’s an opportunity for buyers, while extreme greed could mean the market is due for a correction.

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 63.51. Its lowest recorded dominance was 37.09 on 8 January, 2018.

Relative Strength Index (RSI)

The daily RSI is currently 75.03. Values of 70 or above indicate that an asset is becoming overbought and may be primed for a trend reversal or experience a 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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