One Coin, Two Trades: Why Bitcoin Futures And Spot Signals Don’t Match Up

Bitcoin price bounced to the tune of 5% following yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting. However, the move has almost fully retraced. What’s interesting about the situation, is that traders at one particular platform could have seen this coming a lot more clearly, while others might have suffered a fake out. Here is a closer look at a comparison between BTCUSD spot index price charts and BTC CME Futures that puts a spotlight on the strange discrepancy. We also shed some light on how to possibly take advantage when these instances occur. Why You Can’t Ever Sleep On Crypto Markets The crypto market never sleeps. It trades night and day, 24/7 days a week. Even stock market futures take a break for short periods. But when it comes to CME Group’s BTC futures contracts, it more closely follows the stock market’s trading hours. CME takes a break from Friday to Sunday evening. If Bitcoin price moves substantially during the time the trading desk is offline, it will leave a gap on its chart that regularly becomes a target that gets “filled” in the following days. Related Reading | Bitcoin Indicator Hits Historical Low Not Seen Since 2015 Because certain spot market trading days are missing from the CME BTC futures chart, certain technical indicators can produce minor deviations. More often than not, these minor discrepancies are early signs that a fake out is coming. Need proof? In the chart...