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Name	Symbol	Market	Market Cap ($)	Algorithm
Bitcoin	BTCUSD	Crypto	1,375,711,072,951	SHA-256d

	Price Change	Price Change %	Current Price	Bid Price	Offer
	87.98	0.13%	69,568.14	69,568.13	69,569.79

High Price	Low Price	Open Price	Prev. Close	52 Week Range
69,891.92	69,414.79	69,555.89	69,482.07	34,100.00 - 73,835.57

Exchange	Last Trade	Size	Trade Price	Currency
GDAX	06:17:49	0.000470	69,568.14	USD

Price x Volume	Volume	Base Symbol	Related Pairs
48,491,751.82	696.55	BTC	BTCEUR	BTCGBP	ETHBTC

Tracking Bitcoin’s Profit Cycles: Could A New Market High Be Near?

02/11/2024 1:00am

NEWSBTC

Bitcoin price has seen many cycles over the years, marked by distinct growth phases, peaks, and corrections. To better understand these cycles, a CryptoQuant analyst, using the pseudonym ‘datascope,’ has highlighted the relevance of the UTXO Block Profit/Loss (P/L) Count Ratio Model. This tool offers unique insights into the balance of profitability and losses among Bitcoin market participants, serving as a lens to examine potential price reversals. By focusing on various moving averages, this model tracks price fluctuations and shows how profitability shifts within the market over time, offering clues about when new market peaks might form. Related Reading: Is Bitcoin’s Bull Market Just Beginning? Leveraged Bets Suggest Big Moves Are Coming Predicting Market Peaks Through Profit And Loss Ratios Datascope’s analysis highlights the significance of short, medium, and long-term trends captured by 7-day, 30-day, and 365-day moving averages. This multi-perspective approach is valuable for long-term investors and short-term traders, as it distinguishes between shifts impacting immediate market movements and those affecting longer-term cycles. The model demonstrates that changes in the profitability ratio are critical for gauging market sentiment and potential price movements. As Datascope explains, a decrease in overall profitability ratios suggests that short- and medium-term trading strategies may now be more practical, responding to a market less defined by extreme long-term price swings. One of the key findings from the UTXO P/L model is the behavior of the 30-day profit and loss ratio relative to the 365-day moving average. Datascope noted that when the 30-day ratio rises above the 365-day average, it could signal a new price peak. In simple terms, crossing short- and long-term profitability lines indicates that investor sentiment is shifting towards more profitable conditions. Price increases have historically followed this occurrence as optimism fuels further buying pressure. For instance, the analyst pointed out that while economic conditions varied between 2021 and 2022, similar trends were observed in the model during both years, particularly in how the profit and loss ratio used the annual moving average as a resistance line. Datascope suggests that if the profit and loss metrics consistently stay above the annual average, Bitcoin may be on track to establish new highs. Bitcoin Market Performance Meanwhile, Bitcoin is seeing an increase in price following a recent correction that led to the asset’s price falling below $70,000 yesterday. Related Reading: Bitcoin Price To New ATH Soon? Analyst Who Called $72,000 Surge Reveals What Needs To Happen Bitcoin currently trades for $70,379, down by 0.9% in the past day. Before this decrease, the asset experienced a surge, recording a 24-hour of $71,500. Featured image created with DALL-E, Chart from TradingView

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