This is the real reason why Bitcoin $BTC is trapped in a certain range. If you want to know why, no matter how many people try to push the price up, $BTC has been hovering between $85,000 and $90,000, I can tell you the answer now. And this issue is likely to be resolved within a week, before the expiry of the options on January 30. The reality is this: Bitcoin is at a critical options reversal point, around $88,000. Above this level, market makers are forced to sell in an uptrend and buy in a downtrend. Any rebound will be limited, and the price will be pulled back to the middle position. Below this level, the situation is completely different. Selling pressure will self-reinforce, and volatility will continue to increase rather than be absorbed. This is why the price repeatedly returns to the same area. It's not the traders' fault. Now let's look at why the $90,000 level has been consistently blocked. The call options at $90,000 are very concentrated. Traders have shorted these call options. Whenever the price approaches this level, they hedge by selling spot Bitcoin. Therefore, the so-called "selling pressure" is actually forced supply, coinciding with the point where traders expect momentum to occur. This is why every attempt to break through $90,000 ends in failure. On the other hand, the situation at $85,000 is the opposite. There is a large amount of put option positions there. As the price falls, traders hedge by buying spot. This is why every drop is quickly bought up. This creates a seemingly completely normal narrow trading range, but in reality, it is extremely unstable. The reason this is important is because of timing. A large amount of options exposure will expire on January 30, 2026, which is the last Friday of that month. Once January 30 passes, this pressure will disappear. It's not because people suddenly change their minds, but because the forces that maintain price stability no longer exist. Almost every major market top has been predicted, including Bitcoin's all-time high in October. Please pay attention and turn on notifications.

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