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Quant Daily — 12 Oct 2026

BTC market structure · 2026-10-12 UTC

BTC: $83,020

├ 50MA: $81,082 ✅

├ 200MA: $72,092 ✅

├ Realized: $53,377 (MVRV 1.56)

├ STH cost basis: $74,136

├ LTH cost basis: $48,824

├ RSI (weekly): 59.3

├ IBIT cost basis: $81,733

├ MSTR cost basis: $75,385

├ Production cost: $74,380

├ BTC/Gold: 19.9 oz

└ Fear & Greed: 69 (Greed)

ETF 5d -512M$ / 20d +1918M$ · CME fwd 1/4 LONG (mild long tilt) · CLLD 1d +1.00

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

Week    78000/90000
Month   70000/95000
Quarter 60000/100000

Weekly

Deribit weekly gamma (Oct 16) is negative (−$20.7M) with spot below the 84.4k flip — dealers don't dampen moves, intraday swings run hotter. IBIT on the same expiry is long gamma (+$67M) with its gamma mass at 83.3k, which props up the 83k pin from the other side.

Walls: call 90k, put 80k; max pain 83k right on spot, gamma wall 83k. OI mass sits below at 80k/78k, but 90% of last session's OI growth went ABOVE spot: 83k +118, 86k +79, 87k +72, 90k +41 — the board is building the upside, not lagging.

Weekly charm −$6.1M (gross by OI, sign reflects where mass sits vs spot).

IBIT: put wall and max pain 79.8k, flip 79.9k, call wall 88.6k — all below BTC; gamma mass of both venues clusters at 83k. Max pain split (83k vs 79.8k) = two different magnets into Friday.

Total

Book-wide dealer DEX $3.76B vs $3.91B yesterday — first dip after three days up (3.25 → 3.74 → 3.77 → 3.91); IBIT $3.60B, legs nearly equal. Total flip 79.7k and max pain 79k sit below spot. Vol at the 28th pct of the year — tail premium is thin, size unchanged.

Week ahead (beta)

100 days of history. Honest check: yesterday's 79.5–88k range held — 83,079 → 83,020, spot has sat on 83k max pain for a fourth day, no triggers fired; Oct 11 session +0.9%, quiet. Only CPI was flagged yesterday — event still ahead, nothing to score.

Base case: into Oct 16 expiry, 79,500–88,000 range centered 81–85k with an edge poke on Wednesday. CPI Oct 14 is a macro event: vol in those hours runs multiples of normal; range and weekly strikes set with extra room, no direction from it. Deribit weekly gamma negative, spot below the 84.4k flip — moves run hotter; IBIT long gamma at 83.3k holds the 83k pin. Below: the 80k node (put wall + gamma + max pain + OI, 79.9k zone score 4 fresh; MA50 81.1k, total flip 79.7k, IBIT anchor 79.8k), then 79.1k and 78k (puts, weekly 5% floor); above: flip 84.4k, 86–87k (both venues built there, 86k zone), 88.6k (IBIT call wall) and 90k — the weekly ceiling. A −10% into Friday is priced at ~1% — no dump priced. Mixed backdrop: the day flipped to long liquidations (CLLD 1d +1.0) while the week is short squeezes, ETF 5d in outflow, yet 90% of new OI is above spot.

Downside trigger: hold below 80k opens 79.1k and 78k, then 76k and the monthly frame (max pain 78k, put wall 70k, puts being built at 72k and 66k).

Upside trigger: reclaim 84.4–85k opens 86–87k and 88.6k; above 90k there's no weekly air.

Alternative: a false break of 80k or 87k on CPI with a return to 81–85k by Friday — BTC max pain 83k and IBIT 79.8k pull toward different points. The 82–87k shelf is on day 17, spot in its lower third, structure gives no direction. Beta.

← 11 Oct 2026

Structure derived from deterministic market data. Not investment advice.