According to the recent report shared by OKEx exchange, traders working with Bitcoin options are rather bullish on BTC open interest in the mid-long term.
At the moment, they are exiting their call options.
Traders are bullish mid-term on Bitcoin OI
Bitcoin has been pretty volatile this week, rising to the $10,000 level on the news of the FOMC meeting and the Fed announcing the continuation of the QE.
Despite the bullish news and the rise to $10,000, Bitcoin suddenly plunged to the $9,100 area.
This has also impacted the situation with BTC options on OKEx. In the report, the platform’s analysts suggest that traders working with Bitcoin options are likely to be bullish concerning the open interest on those investment tools.
"Overall, more traders are leaning towards a bullish view in the mid-long term, alongside a large proportion of hedging positions".
The report says that OI has been rising since May 19 and then on June 11, it reached a high of 7,580 BTC ($72,046,232).
However, on Thursday the OI fell to 5,553 BTC as the options expired on Friday. The authors of the report believe the OI will increase again soon.
Traders are exiting their calls
The OKEx report also mentioned that compared to early June the Call to Put ratio dropped from 1.95 to 1.57 while the share of the overall OI totaled 61 percent.
The decline of Bitcoin happened along with the Call to Put volume showing a quick uptick.
The OKEx experts in the report point out that right now traders are offsetting their calls.
Alex Dovbnya
Denys Serhiichuk
