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Bitcoin ‘Smart Money Indicator’ Revisits All-Time High, What’s Next?

Tony Spilotro by Tony Spilotro
9 months ago
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The likes of Paul Tudor Jones and his hedge fund are now buying Bitcoin. Grayscale is scooping up over 150% of newly minted coins. Yesterday, a record number of Bitcoin futures contracts expired on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange better know as CME.

Interest from these “smart money” investors and traders is soaring, and now, a technical analysis indicator dubbed as the “smart money indicator” has revisited its all-time high set back in December 2017, adding more credence to the theory that institutions are finally getting into the first-ever cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin Smart Money Indicator Returns To All-Time High, Consolidating Ahead of Next Move

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It’s meteoric rise to $20,000 took the public by storm as they learned of the wealth generated by the first of its kind, futuristic, intangible asset that seemingly came out of nowhere.

The idea of getting rich quick yet again didn’t work, the bubble popped, and cryptocurrency valuations returns to more realistic levels.

A bear market has ensued now for over two full years.

During that time the economic growth and excess from 2017 have turned into a somber state of economic distress.

The investor mindset has changed and seeking out high risk, high reward bets has turned into seeking out safe havens and hedges against inflation.

Related Reading | ‘One of the Greatest Ever’ Indicators Is Screaming Buy Bitcoin at $9,000 

The tone and narrative surrounding Bitcoin has also changed, from a get rich quick scheme into a hard, digital asset that exists outside the government’s control.

No longer is the asset only considered by techies and retail investing millennials, it is now being looked at by hedge funds, asset management firms, and more, ranging from the likes of Goldman Sachs to Paul Tudor Jones.

All fundamentals that look at the underlying health of the asset and its protocol are screaming buy. The block reward miners receive for securing the network has been halved.

Technicals also point to the asset’s long term trend resuming. The signals all point to the greatest bull run ever, and smart money is taking notice.

This is made evident by the On-Balance Volume indicator, affectionately called the smart money indicator, revisiting a level not seen since Bitcoin price traded at an all-time high.

And during the previous cycle, once Bitcoin reclaimed this level on the indicator, it never looked back.

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Spotting Smart Money’s Moves With The On-Balance Volume Indicator

According to Investopedia, “On-balance volume provides a running total of an asset’s trading volume and indicates whether this volume is flowing in or out of a given security or currency pair.” Simply put, it is the cumulative total of volume.

The tool was developed by Joseph Granville to separate price action between “smart money” and institutional investors taking early positions, and retail investors chasing the trend.

Large deviations in an asset’s OBV while an asset’s price remains relatively stable can reveal that “smart money” is taking large positions carefully to prevent paying more for their position by causing an early breakout.

Related Reading | Institutional FOMO Begins: One Firms Buys 150% of New Bitcoin Supply

OBV continues to build up pressure until it is released and price finally follows.

What the On-Balance Volume indicator could be suggesting is that smart money is now buying at a rate similar to the retail frenzy and that took Bitcoin to $20,000. Meanwhile, Bitcoin is trading at less than half that price and has nowhere near the same level of FOMO.

As soon as this level breaks up, it could spark yet another wave of retail FOMO and the new Bitcoin bull market may finally soon be here.

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Tony Spilotro

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I'm Tony Spilotro. Behind the pseudonym, I'm a digital media executive and global remote work leader with a decade of content experience and excellent. Here, I explore my newfound passions pertaining to privacy, finance, economics, politics, cryptography, property rights, and other libertarian-esque views. I am a Bitcoin evangelist, maximalist, and educator whenever I can be, helping to spread its message of freedom from government control, monetary policy mismanagement, and passing the buck - literally – to future generations. My journey from a curious retail crypto investor to a serious Bitcoin advocate, trader, and technical analyst is an unusual one, but life-changing nonetheless and has become less about money and more about a long-overdue revolution. While a firm believer in the laws governing math and science, I am profoundly fascinated by the impact of astrology and astronomy including moon and solar cycles and planetary alignment and their ability to influence and potentially predict markets. It hasn't yet clicked for me as to how to put anything to use, but I consider it my current rabbit hole I can't yet dig out of. My perspective of growing up alongside the internet, the dot com era, the Great Recession, and roots in video games collecting coins and rare items caused Bitcoin to immediately make sense to me. Through all of these lenses, I seek to produce content that is educational and entertaining, and I thank you sincerely for taking the time to read what I have to say. Please follow me on Twitter and feel free to drop me a line if you would like to work together.

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