Ether Ethn$2,608.26 The rally, although impressive, leaves a lot to be desired. Indeed, the course of short films fueled the rally, not long long or bruise leverage effect on the Mercantile Chicago Exchange (CME).
“The rally is mainly the result of a short coverage – the traders take place of the lowering positions – rather than a wave of bullish conviction,” said at Coindesk Suis Chung, CEO of the crypto index supplier cf. CME derivatives, preferred by institutions, follow the Bitcoin reference rate variant of CF Bitcoin – Bitcoin Rate – New York (BRRNY).
When the bears cover their shorts, this means that they buy the term contracts initially sold. This short coverage action temporarily increases demand on the market, exerting upward pressure on prices.
Chung highlighted the PAP (base) of CME with low drop in CME as proof that the rally is led by a short cover.
While Ether’s cash price has jumped almost 90% to $ 2,600 since the sale in early April, the annualized one month in the Ether of the CME kept flat between 6% and 10%, depending on the source of VELO data.
“In more conventional configurations, we would touch on increasing basic levels if traders launched new longs with a lever effect,” noted Chung. “It is a reminder that not all gatherings are fed by a new request; sometimes they reflect repositioning and risk reduction.”
We could argue that the base was stable due to the sophisticated transactions “arguing” the price difference between the term contracts on the CME ETH and the price of the spot index by interrupting the contracts in the long term and by buying ETH Spot ETF.
This argument seems weak if we consider that the FNB spots classified by the United States has seen positive positive entries in just ten days of negotiation in the last four weeks. In addition, net entries have totaled more than $ 100 million only once, according to the Sosovalue data source.
“The absence of entries in the ETH ETH and the silent base depicts a different image, this last higher movement does not seem to be motivated by new long long,” said Chung.