Bitcoin Futures Bull Div Could Offer Crystal Ball Into Next Leg Up

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange more commonly referred to as CME, offers the de-facto futures contracts for Bitcoin since the end of the last bull market. But could the forward-looking price action also offer a potential glimpse into the future of what’s to come? If this crystal ball works, the last leg up could be about to begin, and it could start with a simple bullish divergence. Seeing Into Bitcoin’s Future With CME CME is the top BTC futures exchange for institutional traders, and often a dominant force in the market. So dominant, that if any gaps are left behind over the weekend on the CME chart after the trading desk goes offline, they often get filled within the next week with a high degree of accuracy. These sort of breakaway gaps are common with speculative assets like Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Not all such gaps eventually get filled, but their importance is undeniable. Related Reading | How Futures Traders Could See The Bitcoin Selloff Coming Recently, the CME chart has begun to diverge ever so slightly from the price action on spot exchanges, enough to take notice. Just recently, a lack of a momentum crossover on the daily timeframe led to a nasty fakeout while CME was offline. The bullish crossover never existed on CME, so there was less bait for institutions to fall for. Now, the CME futures platform could be offering a potential future look at the next leg up. CME is showing a bullish ...