๐จ HEREโS THE REAL REASON BITCOIN IS STUCK IN A RANGE
If youโre wondering why $BTC keeps trading between $85Kโ$90K, no matter how hard people try to push itโฆ
Hereโs the real reason.
And this situation likely resolves within a week, around the January 30 options expiry.
Whatโs actually happening:
Bitcoin is sitting on a critical options โflipโ level near $88K.
Above $88K
Market makers are forced to sell into green candles and buy dips.
Every rally gets capped, pulling price back toward the middle of the range.
Below $88K
Everything changes.
Selling pressure starts feeding on itself, and volatility expands instead of getting absorbed.
Thatโs why price keeps snapping back to the same area again and again.
Itโs not retail traders doing this.
Why does $90K keep rejecting?
Thereโs a huge concentration of call options at $90,000, and dealers are short those calls.
Each time price approaches $90K, they hedge by selling spot $BTC .
What looks like โnatural sell pressureโ is actually forced supply appearing exactly where momentum traders expect a breakout.
Thatโs why every push toward $90K fails.
Why does $85K keep holding?
The opposite is happening.
Thereโs heavy put positioning around $85K.
As price drops, dealers hedge by buying spot BTC.
Thatโs why every dip gets bought so quickly.
The result?
A tight, boring range that feels normal โ
but itโs actually very unstable.
Why timing matters now
A large portion of this options exposure expires on January 30, 2026 (the last Friday of the month).
Once that date passes, the pinning pressure disappears.
Not because sentiment suddenly changes โ
but because the mechanical forces holding price in place are gone.
Iโve studied macro for 10 years and have called multiple major market tops, including the October BTC ATH.
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