Yesterday, the US employment data was significantly lowered as expected, but BTC did not react to it at the beginning of the US market, indicating that the market has already digested this information. The current focus is still on the speech delivered by Federal Reserve Chairman Powell at the global central bank conference held in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Friday. Economists believe that the theme word this time may be "gradual", and Powell may only give the green light for future interest rate cuts in a relatively cautious and general manner. According to Jinshi, Carl Tannenbaum, chief economist of Northern Trust, believes that Powell will convey another message to investors, telling them "not to overreact to the data." The non-agricultural report at the beginning of this month shook the global financial markets, but he believes that "the reaction to the employment report is one of the worst market overreactions I have seen in a long time. The market rushed to accept the idea that the economy is in recession, and this is just based on one data point. They are just looking for a narrative, and then they create one based on a job data." For Powell, the Fed is currently in the final stage of fighting inflation against the backdrop of the US election. To reduce inflation and complete a soft landing without a recession, the next few months will be crucial, so he will be extremely cautious.
Source: TradingView
Back to digital currency, BTC formed a V-shaped trend during the day. At 3 a.m., liquidity collapsed and triggered a spike, falling below 6 w. In terms of options, the IV of 25 Aug formed a local high on the surface under the uncertainty brought by the upcoming global central bank annual meeting, but because most economists expected Powell to take a relatively cautious stance, there was no excessive risk premium.
Source: Deribit (as of 22 AUG 16: 00 UTC+ 8)
Source: SignalPlus
In the past two days of transactions, the demand on the bearish side in September and late October continued to rise, concentrated on the two support levels of 55000/56000, causing the local Skew to tilt to the bearish side. In August, there were large-scale bearish selling on Wing, which may be the market's positive response to the recent price increase and the sharp return of the front-end RR.
Source: SignalPlus, BTC Skew and Transaction Distribution
