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BTC market structure · 2026-09-13 UTC

BTC: $76,974

├ 50MA: $71,193

├ 200MA: $70,171

├ Realized: $52,779 (MVRV 1.46)

├ STH cost basis: $70,860

├ LTH cost basis: $48,824

├ RSI (weekly): 54.6

├ IBIT cost basis: $81,661

├ MSTR cost basis: $75,385

├ Production cost: $88,652

├ BTC/Gold: 17.7 oz

└ Fear & Greed: 61 (Greed)

ETF 5d -288M$ / 20d +3309M$ · CME fwd 1/5 LONG (mild long tilt) · CLLD 1d +0.88

liq BTC 6m 0.30 3m 0.20 1m 0.33 7d 0.63 (C↓) | ETH 6m 0.05 3m 0.06 1m 0.09 7d 0.28 (B↓) · int ETH 1m↓

CSP / CC(where selling puts / calls is structurally favourable)

Week    72000/82000
Month   70000/85000
Quarter 60000/100000

Weekly

Book-wide dealers are long gamma, but the weekly slice flipped slightly short (−$7M): spot 76,974 slid below the weekly gamma flip at 77,550 — below it dealer hedging stops dampening moves. Gamma wall sits right at 77k.

Weekly walls: 82k calls / 72k puts, max pain 78k. Fresh OI built at 78k and 76k (floor being pulled toward price) while 8182k was trimmed.

Weekly charm positive (+$5M) — decay still supportive into Friday.

IBIT board is centered lower: max pain and top OI near 70.3k, calls at ~79.1k — the ETF crowd is positioned more cautiously than Deribit.

Total

Full book: dealers long gamma (+$166M) with large positive net delta (+$3.7B) — hedging leans against moves, buying dips / selling rips. OI-weighted vega ~$23M reflects board size only, no directional read.

Spot sits above MA50/200 (71.2k/70.2k), realized 52.8k, STH basis 70.9k and MSTR basis 75.4k, but below IBIT basis 81.7k and production cost 88.7k.

Fear&Greed 61, DVOL 37.5 in the bottom tercile — vol premium is thin.

Structure reads range-bound: the book pins price between 72k and 82k.

Week ahead (beta)

Honest recap: yesterday's upside trigger (reclaim of the 77.5k flip) failed — 77,37776,974; the 76.582k range holds for a 26th day, and this is the 5th floor test of the run (each prior dip got bought).

Base case: a fight for the 75.8576.2k floor (liq clusters, weight 100) with MSTR basis 75.4k beneath; options price only ~1.9% odds of −10% by Friday, but with weekly gamma slightly short below the flip, swings can run wider.

Upside trigger: reclaiming 77.578k (flip + max pain, where OI was built) opens 79.9k, then the 81.982.85k node (82k call wall + IBIT basis + liq).

Downside: losing 75.85/75.4k opens 74k, then the 72k put shelf.

Beta forecast: four floor buybacks so far, but each retest erodes it — no high conviction on a fifth.

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Structure derived from deterministic market data. Not investment advice.