BTC targeting $18.000 again.

11 בדצמ׳ 2017

Bitcoin futures are now available for trading under the ticker symbol "XBT" on the CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE). The Bitcoin value rose on the opening of CBOE’s futures markets and the trading volume immediately spiked at precisely 23:00 UTC when the futures trading opened. At the time of writing the Bitcoin price is trading at $16,730, representing a gain of more than 20% in the last 24 hours. CBOE launched three futures contracts, with the settlement price being bitcoin’s trading price on January 1st, February 1st and March 1st, respectably. January is trading at $17.700 with 2.700 contracts traded, while the February and March contracts are traded on level $19.100, but with only a fee contracts exchanged hands. The massive amount of orders caused the CBOE website to perform slower than usual, unable to handle the massive amount of traffic. Futures would probably help stabilize the price of Bitcoin, as well as bring closer to adoption by Wall Street. We may even see approval for future products like a bitcoin ETF. For now spot is trading lower then JAN futures, if we knew divergence would occur, the play would be to buy actual and sell futures short. BTC its trading closer to previous high at $18.100 across major exchanges this is an important mark to watch.