Daily Market Report — 18 July 2026

Bitcoin (BTC) closed at 63,909.9 USDT on July 17, 2026, up 0.17%. It remains sideways near the bottom of its 55-day range. BTC is trading inside a zone of moving-average confluence. MA9 at 63,845.94 USDT sits just below price, while MA100 at 70,448.6 USDT sits just above. Open interest fell -2.60% in one day and remains near the lower side of its 90-day range. View detailed Bitcoin analysis

Gold closed at 4,019.61 USDT on July 17, 2026, up 0.72%. It remains sideways near the bottom of its 55-day range. MA9 at 4,063.69 USDT stands as the first moving-average resistance area to reclaim. Open interest increased sharply +23.50% in one day and moved above its 180-day range. That keeps gold as cross-market context, not a clean risk-on or risk-off confirmation signal for crypto. View detailed Gold analysis

Sigloid Index measures the broader crypto market bias. Sigloid Index closed at 703.73 with SIDEWAYS structure, while the primary regime remains BEARISH. The index remains inside its 55-day market range, sitting around the middle, with support near 599.47 and resistance near 828.91. The 14-day average stands at 720.75, and the index remains below it. For the broader backdrop to improve, the index first needs to reclaim short-term average pressure and then hold above the relevant range level. Read more about the Sigloid Index

On the closed daily candle, 11 tracked assets confirmed fresh 55-day structure changes. 4 closed above resistance and 7 closed below support. The confirmed list included 11 crypto assets and 0 tokenized TradeFi assets. The closed-candle distribution leaned defensive because more assets lost 55-day support than closed above resistance.

Intraday, 15 tracked assets tested key 55-day levels before the daily close. 1 tested resistance and 14 tested support. The intraday list included 9 crypto assets and 6 tokenized TradeFi assets. Within tokenized TradeFi, intraday events came from 4 tokenized equities, and 2 ETF assets. The intraday tape leaned defensive because support tests outnumbered resistance tests.

This section groups today’s breakout and breakdown assets by how closely they move with the Sigloid Index. Classification uses the latest 30-day correlation, beta, and R² readings.

This section groups today’s breakout and breakdown assets by how closely they move with Bitcoin. Classification uses the latest 30-day correlation, beta, and R² readings.

The main change was broader downside pressure. Compared with the previous report, assets closing below support fell from 13 to 7, while assets closing above resistance rose from 1 to 4. Confirmed downside included 7 crypto assets and 0 tokenized TradeFi assets. Intraday support tests rose from 1 to 14 before the daily close. The intraday support list included 8 crypto assets and 6 tokenized TradeFi assets. Sigloid Index remained SIDEWAYS, Bitcoin remained SIDEWAYS, and Gold remained SIDEWAYS.