According to @rovercrc, Bitcoin (BTC) sold off following the most recent U.S. CPI releases, signaling elevated event risk for traders seeking to manage drawdowns and slippage around macro data (source: @rovercrc on X, Sep 11, 2025). CPI is released monthly at 8:30 a.m. ET by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and macro prints at this time often trigger outsized volatility across risk assets including BTC, so reducing leverage and position size into the release is a common risk control (source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; source: CME Group education). Liquidity often thins and spreads widen in the seconds around the print, making limit orders and predefined levels preferable to market orders during the initial move (source: CME Group education). For options traders, implied volatility tends to rise into CPI and can compress after the release, so checking IV versus realized and using defined-risk structures is key when considering straddles or strangles (source: Deribit Insights; source: CME options education). Directional traders can wait for BTC to reclaim the pre-CPI VWAP or break the first 5–15 minute range before adding risk to reduce whipsaw exposure during the data digestion (source: CME Group trading education).

According to @rovercrc, Bitcoin implied volatility is currently very low for BTC, source: @rovercrc on X, Sep 4, 2025. He characterizes the setup as a ticking time bomb with huge moves ahead for BTC price action, source: @rovercrc on X, Sep 4, 2025.

According to @GreeksLive, BTC set a new all-time high and ETH approached its all-time high before the market saw an unexpected correction primarily triggered by a stronger-than-expected PPI reading (source: @GreeksLive). According to @GreeksLive, there were no major changes in the options market during the selloff, with main-term implied volatility largely unchanged (source: @GreeksLive). According to @GreeksLive, the key takeaway for traders is the PPI-led pullback occurring without a corresponding spike in main-tenor IV (source: @GreeksLive).