Our weekly crypto derivatives analytics report delves into macro events; the current state of crypto and trading signals from spot trading volume; and futures, options and perpetual contracts.

At the start of the week, Bitcoin showed signs of decoupling from US equities. However, US president Trump's positive remarks about the US-China trade war (which had included a 145% tariff on Chinese goods) triggered a relief rally across markets. As a result, BTC has resumed moving up with US equities. 

This rally has led to a rise in short-tenor implied volatility and a recovery in BTC’s put-call skew, indicating that traders are seeking upside exposure.

Please check out the report’s highlights.

Perp open interest rises across the board

Perpetual open interest increased significantly this week across various tokens, especially ETH. Perpetual trading volumes also rose. Notably, Ap 7, 2025 recorded the highest trade volume of the month, following Trump's comment, "Forget markets for a second, we have all the advantages."

BTC option open interest shows a mixed picture; put-call skew in short tenor sends positive signals

President Trump’s recent willingness to negotiate a trade deal with China’s President Xi triggered a relief rally across asset classes, including crypto. Bitcoin had already risen 7% since Apr 21, 2025, prior to Trump's comments. Despite this rally, open interest in puts has outpaced calls, with options volume remaining relatively balanced. 

It's unclear if the demand for puts reflects a hedge against downside risks, or a bet against the upward movement. Meanwhile, perpetual funding rates are providing limited insight into sentiment. However, the recovery of the put-call skew at short tenors indicates that traders are seeking upside exposure to the rally — and are willing to pay for it.

ETH unexpectedly outperforms BTC in this relief rally

ETH's response to the recent crypto market recovery has diverged from previous trends: it outperformed BTC in spot prices, a rarity in past rallies, and open interest in calls exceeds that in puts — opposite to BTC's trend. In addition, ETH call open interest is nearly double that of puts, with calls dominating options volumes. This suggests traders anticipate ETH will reduce its significant underperformance against both BTC and other “ETH killers” like SUI and SOL. Additionally, the spot rally has led to another term structure inversion for ETH.

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Bybit X Block Scholes crypto derivatives analytics report (Apr 24, 2025): Put-call skew recovers at short tenors, showing reviving sentiment

Explore all the hottest Bybit events happening during the week of TOKEN2049 Dubai in this article.

It’s that time of year again — TOKEN2049 Dubai is back, and the city is buzzing with excitement. As one of the most anticipated events on the crypto calendar, it’s not just about the main conference; it’s about everything happening around it, too. From side events and workshops to exclusive mixers and demo days, Bybit is showing up in full force this year. Here's your inside look at what to expect during this action-packed week.

The heart of TOKEN2049 Week, TOKEN2049 Dubai promises two full days of future-facing discussions and innovation in the world of crypto. At the center of it all is Bybit’s immersive booth experience, built on the theme 

. It’s not just a theme — it’s a vibe. Picture claw machines, 

If you’re heading to TOKEN2049 Dubai, be sure to drop by the Bybit booth (located at P33) and chat with our extraordinary Bybit team! And don’t miss your chance to grab a gacha token by scanning our QR code with Bybit Pay. You could walk away with exclusive Bybit merch! 

DMCC x VARA: Crypto regulations and business growth

Policy meets progress at this exclusive evening event co-hosted by DMCC and VARA. This gathering brings together regulators and industry leaders for an open discussion on the future of digital asset compliance and business growth in the region.

You can expect sharp insights, candid perspectives and forward-thinking dialogue about what it really takes to scale a crypto business in a regulated environment. If you care about the future of web3 in the UAE, this is one event to mark on your calendar.

Bybit After Hours: Exclusive Insights & Networking 

 is a private cocktail evening for top-tier traders and long-time supporters of Bybit. This event is equal parts networking, knowledge sharing and celebration.

 to strategic conversations with the Bybit team, this night is tailored to those who trade big and think bigger. With an invite-only guest list, it’s set to be one of the most exclusive experiences of the week.

The Crypto Hub x Bybit Crypto Ark Demo Day

 is all about bringing hands-on energy to the web3 scene. Hosted at the Crypto Ark inside Bybit’s office, this event welcomes founders, devs and crypto creatives for a casual evening of product showcases, idea exchange and light networking.

While Bybit provides the space, the real spotlight is on the community — those shaping the next wave of innovation in web3.

 from across the CIS region are gathering for a deep dive into the tools, tips and strategies that drive growth at Bybit. This meetup goes beyond surface-level sharing — expect actionable workshops covering our Bybit Affiliate program and affiliate best practices.

It’s also a chance to hear directly from Bybit product leads and regional managers, share success stories and walk away with fresh ideas to maximize conversions. 

Wunderbit x Bybit: “Hey, Trading Bot, where is my profit?”

 are here to stay — and this event is going deep into what makes them tick. Co-hosted by Wunderbit and Bybit, the evening workshop blends honest stories from real traders with expert insights on how to avoid common automation pitfalls.

From bot setups that work to the ones that quietly drain your profits, this is your chance to ask the tough questions, hear unfiltered answers — and maybe rethink how you’re running your own bot strategy.

 (RWAs) are taking center stage at the RWA Gulf Summit, a high-powered event co-hosted by Qatar National Bank, Commercial Bank International and DMZ Finance. This summit brings together bank leaders, wealth funds, participants in DIFC, institutional investors and industry pioneers to explore the evolution of tokenized finance in the Middle East and beyond.

Bybit’s Head of Financial Products Jerry Li will take the stage to discuss how 

 (CEXs) can harness RWAs for enhanced yield and 

Dubai's Pinnacle Mixer: Mantle, Mirana, Bybit and Ethena

High above the city, this mixer brings together some of the biggest names in web3 — Mantle, Mirana, Bybit and Ethena. Expect an unforgettable evening of casual chats, cross-chain connections and cocktails with the minds behind some of today’s most innovative projects.

This private event is all about experiencing Bybit Pay in action. See interactive demos, grab a sneak peek at upcoming partnerships and network over bites and drinks. It’s a rare behind-the-scenes look at the way Bybit is shaping the future of crypto payments. 

Wrapping up the week is the Bybit Institutional Symposium — a full-day event dedicated to aligning strategies with institutional clients and forging new collaborations. From macro views to product deep-dives, this conference is built to spark big conversations among serious players.

The day concludes with a gala dinner, a fitting finale to a week in which ideas, connections and innovation have taken center stage.

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Balance (EPT) is revolutionizing web3 gaming with evolving AI companions, blending blockchain, strategy, and intelligent gameplay in one powerful platform.

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are a key growth area within the blockchain industry. Projects like Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (FET), 

 (AI16Z) and countless others have been essential components driving the overall crypto market. As of April 2025, the CoinGecko portal lists more than 500 cryptocurrencies within its category of AI Agents. These intelligent assistants are now helping individuals and businesses analyze markets, create textual and visual content, automate work processes and trade profitably.

There's a further area where AI agents on the blockchain are flourishing: the world of 

 gaming. In this sphere, bots and agents based on AI algorithms are helping users develop the best in-game strategies, succeed in the competitive world of play-to-earn (P2E) and overcome key challenges in complex gameplay.

Balance (EPT) is a blockchain gaming project that takes the use of 

 to a completely new level. The creation of the team at the world’s largest social gaming platform, E-Pal, Balance offers players AI agents that can aid them in the in-game environment and serve as their personal companions. Based on a multi-layer architecture, the platform offers some of the most cutting-edge use cases for gaming-oriented AI agents.

 (EPT) is a web3 gaming platform that allows players to easily create, own and use AI companions within the blockchain games it supports.

 Balance supports a variety of first-party (internally developed) and third-party web3 games. You can deploy your AI gaming companions and they’ll act as your assistants, friends or co-players within Balance games.

Using Balance.fun, the platform’s primary web interface, you can create your AI agents and specify various details, such as appearance, personality and functions.

Balance isn’t just another obscure crypto gaming platform. The origins of the project date back to 2020, when the E-Pal social gaming provider was launched by four young California-based technology entrepreneurs — Brian Xiong, Tung Pham, Yuzhe Norris Wang and Yuanzhe Li. E-Pal quickly became a leading force in the newly emerging social gaming field, helping players worldwide find gaming companions. By early 2024, E-Pal had become the world’s largest gaming companion platform, boasting 4.2 million users and 450,000 Epals (gaming companions).

In February 2024, the E-Pal team focused its efforts on 

 and AI technologies, starting the development work on the Balance gaming platform. In September of the same year, Balance went live.

Per the project’s documentation, the platform operates on its own chain, Balance Chain, with 

 (AA) technology used for cross-chain communication. The fungible and 

 (NFTs) held by user accounts are based on the 

A key part of the Balance ecosystem is Key Nodes — purchasable 

 that help with the processing, storage and distribution of data required in the resource-intensive environment of web3 gaming. Some applied instances are the management of real-time leaderboards and the automatic distribution of loot and in-game currency. These nodes can also support the computational requirements of training AI models. As a reward for their work in supporting the platform’s operations, Key Nodes receive a wide range of rewards and benefits, including distributions of EPT tokens, the platform’s native cryptocurrency.

As the ecosystem develops, Key Nodes are envisioned to be involved in governance, 

 launch in September 2024, Balance introduced its Points System, designed to reward early contributors to the platform. During the campaign run in September, users could earn points by completing various specified tasks in various activities, such as joining the project’s social media pages or commenting and reposting.

The 400 users with the best performance in the Points System earned a whitelist spot to receive Pioneer Badge NFTs — distinct tokens that provide owners with early access to games, future campaigns, airdrops and beta testing opportunities. Pioneer Badge NFT holders can also enjoy other benefits, such as premium NFTs and voting rights on the Balance platform.

Balance’s platform provides a set of tools to create and use intelligent companions for Balance-based games. You can design your AI companions by specifying their key traits and behaviors through custom prompts and strategies. The AI agents on Balance can assist you in battles, gaming contests, learning, routine task execution and interactive entertainment.

Balance’s platform is made up of five key layers, each one serving a specific purpose in supporting its user and developer communities. At the top of the architectural stack is the application layer, which acts as the main interface for users to interact with human and AI companions and the wider Balance community.

The application layer also contains the AI Battle Reporting System, which is designed to give users feedback and analysis tools on their performance in the platform’s gaming ecosystem. AI technology is leveraged here to provide personalized analytics and performance improvement recommendations.

A range of NFTs are also part of the layer. These include in-game asset NFTs, as well as 

 (SBTs) that serve as summaries of the holder’s achievements.

The platform layer hosts the various games within the Balance gaming universe. These include both internal games and third-party games that have partnered with Balance. The key concept uniting all of the games is the active integration of AI companions and AI players, making the platform a unique environment in which humans and AI agents play, interact and compete.

The platform layer also features an AI-driven NFT launchpad that offers a rich tool set for creating personalized NFTs for games and applications. These NFTs can be traded on Balance's NFT marketplace, which is also an integral part of the platform layer.

The protocol layer includes a trio of critical protocols — the Fans Protocol, Epal Fan Token (FT) Exchange Protocol and Asset Protocol. The Fans Protocol lets players launch and manage their Fan Tokens, creating opportunities for influencers and community builders to tokenize their efforts and launch high-potential crypto assets. Meanwhile, the Epal FT Exchange Protocol facilitates the management of (and trade in) Fan Tokens.

The third protocol, Asset, is used for the comprehensive management of a wide range of digital assets on Balance, providing easy-to-use tools for asset creation and trading.

The token layer is designed for core operations involving the platform’s native EPT token. This layer supports the use of EPT for in-game purchases, access to services and AI companions, Fan Token minting and trading, in addition to other functionalities.

This is the underlying infrastructural layer that powers the platform’s operational mechanism. It can be described as Balance's operating system, and is made up of several critical components: the node system, the Balance 

, the Balance Chain network and the platform's unique ID system.

The node system provides the computational and storage resources to power games and other functionality on Balance. In addition, the system acts as a key connecting medium between Balance Chain and the AA functionality that lets the platform enjoy cross-chain capabilities.

The Balance stablecoin, also part of the infra layer, is designed to reduce volatility and bring rate stability to the platform's gaming ecosystem. The Balance stablecoin system helps players engage in asset trading without the fear of wild market fluctuations, an important consideration in the 

Designed to support multiple chains, Balance Chain operates based on dynamic protocol adaptation, automatically selecting the optimal blockchain platform according to user preferences and needs. This dynamic adaptability is designed to reduce costs, improve operational speed and enhance overall security for users.

The final major component of the Balance infrastructure layer, the Balance ID system, is a unified and secure user authentication and identity management solution. To be introduced later in 2025, the ID system will let users access all services and games within the Balance ecosystem via a single set of cross-platform decentralized credentials. In addition to human players, also AI companions will have their unique IDs.

EPT is the native cryptocurrency of Balance. Although the platform has been operational since 2024, the EPT token was just launched on Apr 21, 2025, with a total and maximum supply of 10 billion. It was issued on two major blockchains — Ethereum and BNB Chain. EPT has a wide range of functional use cases on the platform, including the following:

The EPT token's supply allocation is per the chart below.

 as a swap pair with USDT, and through the exchange's 

 based on USDT. You can also take advantage of Bybit’s campaign dedicated to the token to grab a share of the 

Under the terms of the event, new users can earn EPT rewards by accumulating a deposit volume of at least 3,000 EPT, or by depositing at least 100 USDT and trading 100 USDT worth of EPT via their first spot trade with Bybit. Meanwhile, existing users can qualify for rewards by trading at least 500 USDT worth of EPT on Spot. The event is valid through May 5, 2025, 9AM UTC.

As of Apr 25, 2025, the EPT token has been on the market for only four days, and is trading at $0.0117, which is 26.4% lower than its ATH of $0.01708 on Apr 21, 2025, and 11.4% higher than its ATL of $0.01129 on Apr 22, 2025.

Long-term price forecasts for EPT are mostly bullish. DigitalCoinPrice 

 of $0.0412 in 2027 and $0.0615 in 2030, whilePricePrediction 

These and other emerging long-term forecasts for the token don't constitute investment advice. Given EPT's extremely short history on the market so far, 

 on the token's future prospects, carefully assess market fluctuations within the crypto gaming niche and consider all other relevant factors before investing in it or any other cryptocurrency.

Capturing emerging market trends and sensing the broader market conditions, the team at E-Pal recognized the tremendous potential of gaming companions back in 2020. Four years later, E-Pal realized that the new market dynamics in gaming called for something even more innovative — the use of AI companions, in addition to fellow humans. The resulting product, the Balance platform, is now racing to stake the claim to the best web3 gaming environment supported by AI agents.

The platform's unique features — cross-chain functionality supported by an AA mechanism, a dynamic exchange system that selects the best network for users' transactions and, most importantly, intelligent AI companions — can certainly help establish Balance as a leader in this niche of web3 gaming.

AI agents are taking the gaming industry by storm, with blockchain technology acting as a powerful enabler of these intelligent friends of ours. The Balance gaming universe — supported by the proven track record of E-Pal — has a great chance of becoming the go-to environment in which to befriend your next artificial gaming partner.

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Balance (EPT): Revolutionizing web3 gaming with evolving AI companions

Mantle has launched the Mantle Index Four (MI4), an institutional-grade fund providing diversified exposure to yield-bearing digital assets. 

The S&P 500 rose 2.03% on strong Alphabet earnings and optimism over a possible Fed rate cut. Gold jumped 1.5% to $3,338 as trade tensions rose and a weaker dollar, along with falling yields, boosted demand. Fed rate cut signals also supported the rally. The Coindesk Indices, which tracks the broader crypto market, rose 0.74%, with Bitcoin up 0.06% and Ether down 1.89%, in the past 24 hours. Trade these markets and more with up to 500x leverage on Bybit MT5 using this 

Today's top performer is INIT, up 15.4%, following the launch of Initia, which aims to revive the appchain concept with an interconnected network and an INIT token airdrop.

Initia (INIT), founded in 2022, is a modular blockchain platform that combines a Layer 1 network with customizable Layer 2 rollups, enabling scalable decentralized app development. It offers flexibility in virtual machines, gas tokens, and transaction systems, while ensuring interoperability and addressing issues like liquidity fragmentation and network congestion. Initia has 

 to revive the appchain concept by offering a network that integrates appchains in a cohesive, interconnected way. The platform emphasizes full-stack control for apps, avoiding fragmentation. Initia is also launching an airdrop with claims available until May 24, 2025. The native token, INIT, has a fixed supply of 1 billion, distributed across eight categories.

Check out the latest prices, charts, and data of 

, an institutional-grade fund providing diversified exposure to yield-bearing digital assets. In partnership with Securitize, which has tokenized over $3B in assets, the fund aims to fill a market gap by offering native yield generation in a traditional fund format. Mantle Treasury has committed up to $400M as the anchor investment. The fund will rebalance quarterly and incorporate DeFi-native staking strategies, such as mETH and bbSOL, while ensuring investor protections. MI4 targets both crypto-native and traditional investors, with Phase 1 rollout scheduled for Q2 2025.

Yesterday, BTC spot ETFs saw a total inflow of $114.7 million, all from non-GBTC funds, while GBTC recorded no flow.

Dolomite, the 10th largest DeFi lending app, is launching a 200M token 

 (20% of total supply) during its TGE on April 24, rewarding users based on platform usage. The DOLO token powers a three-token system alongside oDOLO and veDOLO, enabling incentives, governance, and potential revenue sharing. With over $800M in TVL, Dolomite expands to Berachain, integrating with its Proof of Liquidity system to offer advanced lending features and asset utility.

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Looking to time your entry and exit into the crypto market? Avoid selling the bottom and buying the top with the WIlliams %R indicator!

 will tell you the story, while technical analysis is what signals when to get into and out of a trade. 

 will help you see the direction of the current trend, and when the market is overbought and oversold. The Williams %R is a tool that helps traders identify trend direction, and signals when to buy and sell. In this article, we’ll learn about this relatively unknown indicator, as well as four strategies to trade with it.

Williams %R is a momentum indicator used in technical analysis that measures whether a crypto asset is overbought and due for a correction, or oversold and about to begin a new rally.

Williams %R, also referred to as %R or Williams Percent Range, was developed by Larry Williams and first introduced in his 1979 book, “

How I Made One Million Dollars … Last Year … Trading Commodities.

 In 1973, the United States formally removed itself from the gold standard and inflation was high and rising. As a result, many commodities experienced strong trends, similar to the cryptocurrency trends we’re witnessing today.

When a market experiences strong trends, you want to utilize momentum indicators and tools to help you identify trading opportunities. Williams %R is a momentum indicator that generates easy-to-follow trading signals which allow traders to time their entries and exits.

In essence, the calculation determines how close the current price is to a recent high or low. For example, a reading of −10 suggests the asset is within the top 10% of the range. On the other hand, a reading of −90 suggests the asset is within the bottom 10% of the range.

The %R is a bounded oscillator. This means (in this case) that the output values cannot be greater than zero or less than −100. Bounded oscillators are excellent tools for providing traders signals of overbought or oversold assets, as the signals are easy to read.

With Williams %R, a reading above −20 is considered to be overbought. If a cryptocurrency goes above −20, then it’s approaching its recent highs and may be due for a correction.

On the other hand, a reading below −80 is considered oversold, suggesting a bullish reversal may occur soon because the market has sold off hard.

, the Williams %R has both advantages and limitations.

First, as a bounded oscillator, Williams %R makes reading overbought and oversold signals fairly simple: −20 represents overbought and −80 represents oversold. No additional math calculations are needed to interpret when a crypto asset has become overbought or oversold.

The biggest limitation to a bounded oscillator is that markets can remain overbought or oversold for extended periods of time. For example, if the Williams %R is vacillating between −.05 and 0, it simply means that the market is hovering near its high for the defined lookback period.  

To put it another way, if the market is in a strong uptrend, it could experience %R readings in overbought territory for an extended period of time, with the opposite being the case for downtrends.

Another limitation to the Williams %R is the scale it uses. I believe %R was created with uptrends in mind and, therefore, intended for use in determining how close to the range high the market is. Thus, the market will always be a percentage off from the high, which is why Larry Williams multiplies the ratio by −100.

However, the scale is counterintuitive when you’re reading it. As humans, we easily understand uptrends and positive numbers. Negative numbers take more mental capital for us to comprehend. Therefore, with nearly all readings of the Williams %R in negative territory, it requires more energy for us to interpret the numbers.

Williams %R is a versatile oscillator, and yields many uses. It has a variety of patterns which provide fruitful buy and sell signals. Below, we’ll share four strategies that a crypto trader can use with the Williams %R indicator.

One of the advantages of the Williams %R is its clearly defined overbought and oversold levels.

When an asset is oversold and below −80, a trader can buy once the market crosses back up above −80. In overbought conditions, a crypto trader can wait to sell until the crypto market crosses below −20. The chart above is illustrated with green vertical lines representing buy signals, and red vertical lines representing sell signals.

We can add another layer to this simple strategy by filtering trades solely in the direction of a trend. The goal of this refined strategy is to only take advantage of signals that align with the larger trend’s direction, while ignoring counter-trend signals.

Above, we’ve removed the short signals, filtering only for buy signals as the Bitcoin trend is up. Notice that when Williams %R drops below −80 into the oversold region, a rally follows soon thereafter.

To sum up this strategy, a trader would buy in an uptrend when the %R crosses above −80, while ignoring all short signals. In a downtrend, the trader would short when %R crosses below −20, while ignoring all long signals.

Another way to use the %R is to focus on the midline at −50. 

Above, we’ve marked the middle of the oscillator with a dotted line at −50. When the Williams %R moves above this midline, it signals that the trend is up and may continue to move higher.

On the contrary, when the %R line is below the −50 midline, it suggests a weak market that may weaken further.

Obviously, the %R line will cross back and forth between bullish and bearish territory. But generally speaking, it stays contained within one zone for a while. Therefore, a trader could look to initiate positions when the indicator’s line crosses −50 in either direction.

Bullish and Bearish Oscillator Divergence

There are times when the oscillator will move independently of price action, creating divergence. When you spot this happening, it signals that a trend change may soon appear.

For example, on the 2-hour Bitcoin chart above, the price is trading higher from September 13–21. After a brief correction beginning September 21, Bitcoin rallies again to reach a new high.  

However, the %R oscillator does not rally to a new high. This divergence, with the oscillator not confirming the new high in price, is a bearish signal that suggests a correction may be at hand. In fact, within a few hours, Bitcoin fell 20%.

The opposite can also occur with bullish divergence.

This 4-hour Bitcoin chart from April 2021 illustrates an instance of bullish divergence. Bitcoin’s price falls going into the first low on April 23. The Williams %R oscillator is deeply oversold, and Bitcoin rallies a small amount.

Then, Bitcoin corrects lower again to reach a new low. However, the %R oscillator doesn’t  — which creates bullish divergence. Bitcoin goes on to rally 30% over the next several days.

There are times when the market is so strong that corrections are very shallow, tending not to become oversold. It’s during these strong markets that you want to be positioned well. The failure swing strategy can help.

On the Bitcoin daily chart above, you can spot when the Williams %R line is trying to correct lower. However, the market is so strong that the %R line barely drops below −50, and doesn’t reach the −80 oversold region.

This is a bullish failure swing because the swing low doesn’t reach oversold levels. If you spot situations like these on a chart, look for opportunities to position yourself to the long side.

With the benefit of hindsight, we can now see that Bitcoin rallied nearly 3× over the next four months as a result of this bullish energy.

Williams %R vs. Alternative Trading Indicators

As a bounded oscillator, there are some similarities between the Williams %R and other oscillators. It’s important to understand the similarities and differences between these oscillators so you can determine which one will work best for you.

Williams %R vs. Fast Stochastic Oscillator

The Williams %R calculates the market’s current level relative to the highest high for the lookback period. On the other hand, the fast stochastic oscillator, which moves between 0 and 100, compares the market’s current level to the lowest low. As a result, these two oscillators essentially do the same thing, and appear very similar on charts.

When you inspect these two formulas, you’ll see they look very similar — with two main differences. The first difference, which we’ve already discussed, is that %R compares using recent highs, while fast stochastic compares using recent lows.

The second main difference is the multiplier. Due to this discrepancy, the %R has a limited output range of 0 to −100, while the fast stochastic oscillator has a range of 0 to +100.

 indicator. Similar to fast stochastic, the RSI indicator also measures between 0 and 100. However, the similarities end there.

The RSI calculation involves averaging the “up” days against the “down” days. In essence, it’s figuring out the strength with which the crypto market rallies on its bullish days vs. its weak  corrections on bearish days. RSI is used to calculate how much a market moves on average.

Notice the difference with the %R, which is a pure price comparison against a range high or low. The Williams %R is calculating how close the current price is to the range high and low.

As a result, you’ll tend to receive completely different values when comparing the RSI to the Williams %R.

Within the Williams %R in the example above, oversold readings below −80 are easy to come by. However, the corresponding RSI readings never do reach the oversold level of 30. As 

 is in an uptrend at the time, its relative strength is apparent in the RSI oscillator, with correspondingly high readings.

The Williams %R tool is excellent for helping traders clearly identify overbought and oversold levels for cryptocurrencies. %R is also versatile, as there are four different strategies a trader can deploy when using the oscillator, from simple “buy the dips” to swing failures.

Though the %R scaling isn’t the most intuitive, traders who have worked with stochastic or RSI oscillators will be familiar with how to use Williams %R as an indicator of overbought and oversold markets.

How to Use Williams %R to Identify if a Crypto is Overbought or Oversold

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