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- Bitcoin’s Oi Heatmap showed lungs to be pressed time and time again.
- Are there any signs of absorption at lower levels, or is this set up for more disadvantage?
In the past month, the market has set a fall for Bitcoin [BTC] Desire. The open interest (OI) Heat Shows a clear pattern – buyers gets in, open interest spikes, and then the prices turn, so they get stuck.
The $ 99k – $ 100k zone saw an increase in OI, creating a local top before BTC dropped. Longs are repeatedly caught, how can bulls strategies to break BTC from its malaise?
Bitcoin Futures OI acts as an important resistance zone
A month ago Bitcoin traded around $ 106k, but now it is at $ 95,415, trapped in a loop for the second straight cycle.
With the reach of 105k-106K, the open interest rose as traders piled up, with more than $ 68 billion in open positions-what marks the largest accumulation of OI.
Source: Coinglass
When BTC, however, visited this “break life” zone again, doubled Longs – only to get trapped if weak hands left the cycle after locking profits and wagging millions in long liquidations.
In addition, Futures traders increase risky leverage while BTC reaches a top, with the leverage proportion Spiking – to activate further catch and more liquidations. This reversed the price range in a heavy resistance zone.
Is a breakout possible?
Recently the 95k-98k range saw a huge increase in OI and surpassed $ 60 billion. But this time it acted as support, with shorts when BTC broke past $ 98k.
Source: TradingView (BTC/USDT)
Now that Bitcoin is floating in this reach, the big question is whether the pattern will repeat itself.
Can a short Squeeze BTC push $ 99k, aimed at $ 100k, before the futures market gets overheated with survival?
With 52% of positions Short and OI up by 1.50%, the market sets the stage for a powerful squeeze, catching shorts and turning the $ 99k $ 100k range in a local soil.
However, a decrease in the OI can be bullish, allowing Bitcoin to break beyond the most important resistance levels. If this is not the case, the cycle of catching on every top BTC can hold in a loop. In the coming days will be crucial.