More Bitcoin traders are quickly selling their holdings at a loss. The 7-day average of realized profit and loss shows a significant downturn, currently at negative $410 million – a 60% decrease from last week’s loss of $256 million. This indicates a growing number of short-term Bitcoin holders are currently operating at a loss.
The Short-Term Holder Spent Output Profit Ratio (STH SOPR), which indicates whether recent Bitcoin buyers are selling at a profit or a loss, has been negative for the past nine days. This suggests these buyers are currently selling for less than they originally paid.
What the Numbers Show
Net Realized Profit/Loss (P/L) calculates the total gains and losses from all Bitcoin transactions happening on the blockchain over a specific time. A negative value indicates that, overall, more Bitcoin value was lost than gained during that period. Analysts often use a 7-day average to get a clearer picture of the overall trend by filtering out short-term fluctuations.
Axel Adler Jr. reports that the recent trend is worsening. The latest seven-day moving average shows a loss of $410 million, which is down from around $256 million – a decrease of $154 million in just one week.
Although recent losses aren’t as severe as the record low of -$1.99 billion seen on February 7th, they are increasing again after a period of stability. The concerning factor isn’t the current amount of loss, but the fact that losses are growing.
According to analyst William Adler, the Short-Term Holder SOPR indicator has been below 1.0 for the past nine days, currently registering at 0.9899. Generally, this suggests that sellers are currently experiencing losses, on average.
The analyst notes that while the Short-Term Holder SOPR isn’t a definitive sell signal on its own, historically, when it stays below 1.0 for an extended period – as it is now – it has often preceded price lows and further declines.
Analysts Warn of Further Downside
As a crypto investor, I’m noticing a lot of people who bought recently are still selling at a loss. This tells me the overall market mood is definitely cooling down – people aren’t as optimistic as they were before.
Okay, so I’ve completely flipped to being bearish on Bitcoin right now, both for the short and medium term. I think that recent pump from $60k to $76k was basically a trap to lure in buyers before the price drops further. I’ve actually opened some short positions, and I’m expecting Bitcoin to fall somewhere between $40,000 and $45,000.
If you’re watching the market for signs of a slowdown in selling pressure, Adler suggests looking for two things: the Short-Term Holder SOPR climbing above 1, and the Net Realized Profit/Loss turning positive – and both of these trends holding steady for a while.
On April 2nd, Bitcoin was trading around $66,000, which is about 30% lower than its highest price in January. This recent drop followed comments from Donald Trump suggesting that tensions with Iran would likely increase rather than ease.
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2026-04-02 20:50