Bitcoin bull market is far from over, suggests historical BTC trend tied to 200-week average
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BTC's 200-week SMA remains well short of the price high registered during the 2021 bull market.
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Past data show bull markets tend to peak with the average rising to the record prices established in the prior bull run.
Historical trends tied to a key indicator suggest that bitcoin (BTC) has plenty of upside left as renewed inflation in the U.S. threatens to challenge the current uptrend.
The 200-week simple moving average (SMA) of bitcoin's price, which smooths out short-term market fluctuations to provide a clearer picture of the overall trend, stood at $44,200 at the time of writing, according to TradingView.
Although this average is at its highest point ever, it is still significantly below the previous bull market's peak of $69,000 in November 2021.
That may be an important point because past data show bull markets end with the 200-week SMA rising to the record prices established in the preceding bull run.
For instance, the previous bull market ended in late 2021 with the 200-week SMA rising to $19,000, the 2017 bull market peak. Similarly, the bull market of 2017 ended in December of that year, with the 200-week SMA rising to the record price of over $1,200 set four years ago.
If past trends hold true, bitcoin's current range between $90,000 and $110,000 will likely resolve bullishly, paving the way for the next upward movement.
BTC's weekly chart with the 200-week SMA. (TradingView/CoinDesk)
The pricing of options on Deribit supports the bullish outlook offered by the 200-week SMA. For example, according to data source Amberdata, options with expirations of three months or longer show that call options are more expensive than put options, indicating a market expectation of rising prices.
Further, most open interest is concentrated in call options at strikes higher than BTC's going market price of $96,700. As of writing, call option at the $120K strike was the most popular, boasting a notional open interest of over $1.8 billion, reflecting bullish expectations. Open interest refers to the number of contracts active or open at a given time.
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