As financial market traders, we are always on the lookout for trading strategies that can help us capitalize on market trends and conditions. One such strategy is to take advantage of the volatility of oil prices. Oil is a valuable commodity that is subject to significant price fluctuations. There are several reasons why oil is volatile, including limited supply,...
Last week, I wrote on processing spreads, a valuable tool that can provide clues about price direction. The price action in products that trade in the futures market like gasoline, heating oil, soybean meal, and soybean oil often tell us a lot about the path of least resistance for the crude oil and soybean futures contracts. This week, I will turn my attention...
Now that I created indicators for tracking both Bitmex and Deribit futures, I decided to do a comparison between the two before we loose the December Futures Data. Initial observation is that Deribit Futures seem to trade at a higher premium. Let me know your thoughts? If you are new to my posts, please check out my other ideas and indicators in related links below...
In my experience Tradingview does not keep data of expired Bitmex contracts after expiration. The primary purpose of this post is to keep the valuable data from XBTZ19 contract from being lost forever. My indicator script XBT Contango Calculator Version 3 is used in this example to capture all the data from the December Futures contract. This post should be a...
This idea is to expand on my recent observations while trading Basis (spread) of futures contracts for XBT, and how recently Contango and Backwardation have been a good timing indicator for XBTUSD. For more detailed explanation, please check out my indicator script the XBT Contango Calculator in related link. Typically I have noticed that Futures...
Hello all, I've been doing a lot of educational posts lately, because price has just been static. For your knowledge, I am still long on bitcoin and believe the bottom is in, but I would like to talk about something that was bullish that does not exist today: backwardation. Backwardation is an economic phenomenon proposed by John Maynard Keynes decades ago in...