3 motive pentru care prețul Ethereum continuă să respingă la nivelul de 1,300 USD

Eter (ETH) rallied 11.3% between Nov. 28 and Dec. 5, peaking at $1,300 before facing a 4.6% rejection. The $1,300 resistance level has been holding ground for twenty-six days and is the most likely explanation for the correction to $1,240 on Dec. 6. 

Indicele prețurilor Ether/USD, 12 ore. Sursa: TradingView

So from one side, traders are relieved that Ether is trading 16% above the $1,070 low reached on Nov. 22, but it must be frustrating to fail at the same level the entire week. In addition to the price rejection, investors’ mood worsened after three members of the United States Senate reportedly requested information from Silvergate Bank regarding its relationship with FTX.

The lawmakers raised questions after “reports suggesting that Silvergate facilitated the transfer of FTX customer funds to Alameda” and gave the bank until Dec. 19 to issue a response.

On Dec. 5, NBC News reported that Silvergate claimed to be a “victim” of FTX’s and Alameda Research’s “apparent misuse of customer assets and other lapses of judgment.”

Newsflow remained negative after the Financial Times reported that the United Kingdom Treasury is finalizing some guidelines to restrict cryptocurrency sales from abroad. The changes would enable the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to monitor the crypto companies’ operations in the region. The guidelines are being prepared as a part of the financial services and markets bill.

Investors are afraid that Ether could lose the $1,200 support, but as highlighted by trader CashMontee, the S&P 500 stock market index will be the key — but for now, “market too bullish.”

Să ne uităm la Derivați eterici data to understand if the bearish newsflow has impacted crypto investors’ sentiment.

Slight uptick in bearish demand for ETH futures’ leverage

Comercianții cu amănuntul evită de obicei contractele futures trimestriale din cauza diferenței lor de preț față de piețele spot. Între timp, comercianții profesioniști preferă aceste instrumente deoarece împiedică fluctuația ratelor de finanțare în a contract futures perpetuu.

Prima anualizată la termen pe două luni ar trebui să se tranzacționeze între +4% și +8% pe piețe sănătoase pentru a acoperi costurile și riscurile asociate. Astfel, atunci când contractele futures se tranzacționează cu reducere față de piețele spot obișnuite, arată o lipsă de încredere din partea cumpărătorilor cu efect de pârghie - un indicator de urs.

Primă anualizată pe futures pe 2 luni Ether. Sursa: Laevitas.ch

The above chart shows that derivatives traders remain bearish as the Ether futures premium is negative. So, bears can celebrate that the indicator is far from the neutral 0% to 4% premium, but that does not mean traders expect an immediate adverse price action.

Din acest motiv, comercianții ar trebui să analizeze Piețele de opțiuni ale lui Ether pentru a exclude externalitățile specifice instrumentului futures.

Options traders are getting comfortable with the downside risks

Deformarea delta de 25% este un semn grăitor atunci când creatorii de piață și birourile de arbitraj fac supraîncărcare pentru protecție în sens invers sau negativ.

Pe piețele ursoaice, investitorii în opțiuni oferă cote mai mari pentru o dump de preț, ceea ce determină creșterea indicatorului de inclinare peste 10%. Pe de altă parte, piețele optimiste tind să conducă indicatorul de asimetrie sub -10%, ceea ce înseamnă că opțiunile de vânzare la urs sunt reduse.

Ether Opțiuni de 60 de zile 25% delta skew: Sursa: Laevitas.ch

The delta skew has stabilized in the past week, signaling that options traders are more comfortable with downside risks.

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As the 60-day delta skew stands at 12%, whales and market makers are getting closer to a neutral sentiment for Ether. Ultimately, both options and futures markets point to pro traders fearing that the $1,200 support retest is the natural course for ETH.

The answer might as well be hidden under the macroeconomic calendar ahead, which includes the EuroZone’s and Canada’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on Dec. 7 and the United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Dec. 13.

Currently, the odds favor Ether bears because the newsflow implies that the possibility of stricter regulation is weighing down the market.