Bitcoin: Value Days Destroyed (VDD) Multiple

Indicator Overview

Value Days Destroyed (VDD) Multiple aims to identify when the price of Bitcoin may be becoming frothy and close to topping out at major cycle highs.

It uses the principle of Coin Days Destroyed which you can learn more about on the Coin Days Destroyed live chart page. Coin Days Destroyed is a proxy for spending velocity that gives extra weighting to coins that have not moved onchain for longer periods of time.

Value Days Destroyed multiplies Coin Days Destroyed by $BTC price, thereby allowing for better comparisons of spending activity over time as the price of $BTC varies.

Value Days Destroyed Multiple then divides a 30-day average of VDD by a 365 average to compare near-term spending velocity with a yearly average of spending velocity.

It is able to highlight when older coins begin to rapidly enter the market to be sold. This typically happens when longer-term participants look to take profits as price accelerates up in major bull market cycles.

This phenomenon of old coins entering the market eventually causes price to drop as supply exceeds demand and the bull market is brought to an end.

Indicator Formula

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How To View The Chart

Extreme value days destroyed are highlighted by red candles on the chart when a VDD score of +2.9 is reached. Only 5% of Bitcoins history has traded above this level, demonstrating how extreme such periods are. These periods have historically aligned with Bitcoin major cycle highs.

Created By

@TXMCtrades

Date Create

Nov 2021

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You can learn more about Value Days Destroyed (VDD) Multiple in the paper A New Experiment in Cumulative Destruction.