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Bitcoin at $78,000 oscillates between life and death, with low trading volume hiding huge risk of a major trend reversal
After intense volatility following the FOMC meeting, Bitcoin has completely stabilized, as of May 2nd, the price firmly remains above $78,000, with mainstream platform quotes locked in the $78,000-$78,800 range, showing a wave of unexpectedly strong recovery rebound.
Looking back at the past week’s trend, BTC completed a typical “bottoming out, rallying, pulling back, and stabilizing for recovery” pattern: a rapid rebound from a low of $74,000, briefly surging to $79,500, hitting a ten-week high, then encountering strong selling pressure that pulled back to the key support at $76,000, ultimately relying on the 100-day EMA support to recover most of the decline. On May 1st, a single-day surge of 2.52%, with short-term buying power strongly returning, completely reversing the pre-holiday weak pattern.
But all traders must be alert to a deadly hidden risk: the current 24-hour cross-exchange trading volume has fallen below $8 billion, hitting a new low since October 2023. In an extremely thin market, it may seem calm on the surface, but liquidity is extremely scarce; even a slight capital movement can trigger sharp rises or falls, greatly amplifying short-term volatility risks.
1. Core battle between bulls and bears: two cost lines locking in the oscillation range
The current tug-of-war in BTC is essentially a battle over market chip costs, with two core cost lines directly defining short-term price boundaries: Short-term selling pressure top: $78,900 (STH holders’ cost line). Currently, the price is slightly below this level, and retail investors and short-term funds that entered in recent months are generally at floating losses. Once the price rebounds to $78,900, a large volume of stop-loss selling pressure will flood out, making it the most difficult resistance to break in the short term.
Balance line: $78,000 (market’s true average price TMM). This is the real cost center of all market positions, and all recent oscillations, tug-of-war, and price movements have been centered around this level. Standing firm above it indicates a bias toward the bulls, while falling below it signals a return to weakness.
Double-layer support line + massive options settlement determine the short-term direction
Support levels below the market are layered to provide a safety net, while derivatives settlement pressure secretly contains short-term trend reversal traps:
Strong short-term support: $75,000-$76,000. This is the dynamic support at the 100-day moving average, also a recent dense zone of chip accumulation, serving as the defensive bottom line for short-term holdings and the core basis for this rebound.
Ultimate defense zone: $65,000-$70,000. If short-term support fails, this zone is recognized by institutional funds as a strong holding fortress, and a key line of defense for the medium- to long-term bull market structure, with a high tolerance for errors.
More critically, on May 2nd, a major options settlement occurs: 23,000 BTC options contracts on Deribit expire, with a notional value of up to $1.74 billion. The put-call ratio for this settlement is 1.10, indicating market bearish sentiment, with the maximum pain point locked at $76,000. The settlement price is highly likely to gravitate toward this level, and short-term volatility and shakeouts are inevitable.
The core truth behind macro easing and market tightness, and the divergence of the trend
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