Marcel Pechman

Marcel is a crypto analyst with 17 years experience as an equities sales trader for UBS, Deutsche Bank, Pactual & Banco Safra. Brazilian. Marcel holds a post-graduate certificate in Engineering and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.

Author’s posts

Market Analysis

Ether price has outperformed Bitcoin by 32% since May, but derivatives data shows pro traders are feeling less bullish about the top altcoin.

Ethereum has strong fundamentals, so why are pro traders bearish on ETH?

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2021-06-03T20:00:00+01:00

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Market Analysis

Bears' misplaced belief that Bitcoin's price would drop to $32,000 allowed Friday's BTC options expiry to become unexpectedly balanced.

Market makers in ‘fear mode’ ahead of Friday’s $575M Bitcoin options expiry

Marcel Pechman

2021-06-02T22:05:00+01:00

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Market Analysis

Pro traders have been buying ultra-bullish $100,000–$200,000 Bitcoin options, but how confident are they that these targets will be achieved?

How relevant is the $900M open interest on Bitcoin options above $100K?

Marcel Pechman

2021-05-31T21:35:00+01:00

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Market Analysis

Traders are using a variety of strategies to determine whether Bitcoin’s price has bottomed, but on-chain activity and derivatives data hint that the situation ...

2 Bitcoin price indicators suggest BTC has not bottomed yet

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2021-05-30T21:00:00+01:00

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How to crypto

Learn how pro traders use covered call strategies as a low-risk method to increase their Bitcoin holdings.

Here's how traders use call options to increase their Bitcoin holdings

Marcel Pechman

2021-05-29T19:29:00+01:00

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Market Analysis

Ethereum bulls may have flipped $2,400 back to support, but Friday’s ETH options and futures expiry will determine if traders press the pedal for $3,000.

Monthly $1.9B Ethereum futures and options expiry will determine if ETH hits $3K soon

Marcel Pechman

2021-05-27T21:04:27+01:00

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Market Analysis

Bitcoin price is struggling to regain the $42,000 support as bears hold a $585-million advantage ahead of Friday’s $2.1-billion BTC options expiry.

Bitcoin bears dominate Friday’s $2.1B BTC options expiry with a $585M lead

Marcel Pechman

2021-05-26T21:30:00+01:00

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Altcoin Watch

The funding rate for MATIC and AAVE is currently rewarding traders who are leveraged longs, but it might not last for long.

Negative funding rates incentivize traders to long Polygon (MATIC) and AAVE

Marcel Pechman

2021-05-25T20:55:06+01:00

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