Ethereum · 2026-07-08

Tendencia del día: Bajista cauteloso

Vista del día: ETH 7/8 closed at $1,743.54 (-1.58%), weakening in sync with BTC but with shallower drawdown (BTC 1.07x), range $1,785-$1,713 amplitude 4.1%. Volume 225,231 ETH, down ~5% from 7/7, quote vol $393M. Funding +0.00406% at 0.86x BTC's (weaker but still positive); OI eased -0.10% (2,221,014 to 2,218,764 contracts), essentially flat. Retail L/S spiked to 2.01 (extremely bullish) while taker B/S 1.05 shows weak buy-side; top-trader L/S 1.46 stable. Pattern: (c) price down + volume shrinking + OI flat + funding positive but drifting down = short-covering drifting down = short-covering dominant rather than new short entries; $1,710 low already attracted buying support. The $1,720-$1,750 range-bound scenario has high probability; watch ETH/BTC ratio 0.0281 - a break would extend ETH underperformance vs BTC.

Key Data

ETH close: UTC 2026-07-08 00:00 = $1,771.45, UTC 2026-07-08 24:00 = $1,742.58, window -1.58%
Intraday range: high $1,785.00 / low $1,713.44, amplitude $71.56 (4.04%)
24h total volume: 225,231 ETH (~$393M)
Perp funding: 4-period mean +0.00406% (07-08 00:00 +0.00152% / 07-08 08:00 +0.00298% / 07-08 16:00 +0.00454% / 07-09 00:00 +0.00719%)
Taker buy/sell ratio: 24h mean 1.0468, latest 1.0533
Retail long/short ratio: 24h mean 2.0078, latest 2.0609
Top-trader long/short ratio: 24h mean 1.4583, latest 1.4690
Open Interest: 24h net -0.10%, now 2,218,764 ETH
Perp basis: stable in -0.05% to +0.05% band
Fear & Greed Index: 2026-07-08 = 20 (Extreme Fear)

24H Price Review

Stage · Early (UTC 00-06): open $1,771.45 → $1,754.14, -0.98%, 6h volume 56,269 ETH
Stage · Mid-morning (UTC 06-12): open $1,754.15 → $1,747.95, -0.35%, 6h volume 71,570 ETH
Stage · Afternoon (UTC 12-18): open $1,747.95 → $1,733.15, -0.85%, 6h volume 72,116 ETH
Stage · Closing (UTC 18-24): open $1,733.16 → $1,743.54, +0.60%, 6h volume 25,276 ETH

Macro Calendar

🟡 2026-07-10 (Fri) · US June Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) · Impact: Medium
🟡 2026-07-14 (Tue) · US June Producer Price Index (PPI) · Impact: Medium
🔴 2026-07-15 (Wed) · US June Consumer Price Index (CPI, YoY/MoM) · Impact: High
🟡 2026-07-22 (Wed) · BTC July options expiry (Deribit) · Impact: Medium

Bull vs. Bear

Stage 1 (UTC 00-06) sharp drop -0.98% + concentrated 56,269 ETH volume | touched window low $1,713.44, a textbook short-event-driven concentrated-sell pattern
OI 24h net -0.10% near-neutral | OI net -2,249 ETH, no clear outflow but no aggressive positioning
FGI 20 extreme fear, sentiment fragile | still in extreme fear since 5/31; retail L/S 2.01 overly bullish = contrarian signal, further downside risks amplified retail stop-loss selling
Stage 4 (UTC 18-24) rebound +0.60% + 25,276 ETH volume | touched window high $1,785.00, a textbook post-event technical rebound
Top-trader L/S 24h mean 1.46, institutional mildly bullish | top-trader L/S mean 1.46 / close 1.47 shows institutions held a mildly bullish stance through the window
Taker buy ratio close 1.0533 > 1.0 buy-side returning | late-window taker buy return alongside the closing rebound reflects buyers stepping in after the bottom test