BTC:USD 4 hour chart DAILY UPDATE (day 67)I am very happy to see that Bitcoin broke out of the triangle I drew yesterday! The market is getting more and more bullish by the day and I am loving every second off it! Yesterday I said that I expected a $10,000 restest if we could hold $9,000 for another 12-24 hours.
I also mentioned that I would be staying away from BTC until it broke out of the triangle one way or another and hinted at the ETH setup. We got a golden opportunity when ETH and LTC broke out of their triangles in a big way and BTC lagged behind for hours, as if it were set up on a tee.
Last night I closed ½ of my leveraged ETH:USD long (+22.15% in less than 12 hours) and put it into a leveraged BTC:USD long at $9,315.
We met some resistance at $9,400 and I think that it will provide another good entry sometime in the next 6-12 hours. Often the price will throwback to test the triangle for support before taking off. I would be looking at building a long anywhere from $9,200 - $9,300. A stop loss set under $9,000 leaves a very nice r:r ratio.
Happy trading and go bulls!
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BTC:USD 4 hour chart DAILY UPDATE (day 62)Yesterday I was waiting further confirmation before looking for an entry. My ideal scenario was a $9,650 retest and then a higher low around $9,300 - $9,500. The price didn’t quite get to the $9,650 area but it did create a higher high.
Now it appears to be forming a higher low. The last two candles have a bullish shadow and I like the hammer that just closed. I have started to build my position and am using $8,838 as my stop loss.
It wouldn’t surprise me if we continued to pull back to $9,000 where horizontal and trend support will be waiting along with the 50 day SMA.
I have only entered 50% of my position and would add the other half from $9,000 - $9,150.
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BTC:USD 4 hour chart DAILY UPDATE (day 61)On April 26th I drew the dotted line down to $9,000 and explained that I need that area to prove itself as support before I would consider entering another long. Yesterday we saw the price dip down to $8,900 before quickly reversing.
At that point I saw two options:
Range for 3-5 days from $8,900 - $9,300
Create a higher high, and go for a $9,650 retest
We are currently breaking through resistance and are on track for option B. That is great news and has put me on red alert for the next entry.
Right now my gameplan is to wait and see how this rally plays out.I would like to see us break through $9,300 in a convincing manner and then create another higher low. I expect the current rally to take us back up to $9,650 - $9,750 where resistance will be waiting and then I expect a pullback.
If that pullback finds support above prior resistance and creates a higher low then it will be time to build a long. If all goes according to plan then I will be entering from $9,300 to $9,500.
With the price currently trading at $9,300 you may be wondering why not enter right now…
My trading style is not concerned with getting the best price, all that matters to me is taking on the least amount of risk. More confirmations and patience almost always add up to less risk.
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BTC:USD 4 hour chart DAILY UPDATE (day 54)Yesterday I was very happy to see us break the the 0.382 FIB resistance as well as the log trend line! In daily update I also mentioned that $8,900 - $9,000 would be the next area of resistance and that's where we pulled back today.
From here I expect it to be smooth sailing for the next week. This is when it is very easy to get complacent and/or greedy. Stay focused and stick to the plan. Manage stop losses and always stay on your toes! Talking to myself as much as anyone else.
Keep an eye on the trend line we supported from the 17th - 20th. I expect us to retest that over the weekend. That could be a good area to build a position. These are 4 hour candles and there should be plenty of time to enter.
I have drawn three dotted lines to show how I think the next 7 days will go. They are based on support & resistance levels as well the daily trend of the previous few days. This is how I was able to draw the trend line on the 17th after seeing the golden cross, well before the it had been established as support!
I have a very hard time predicting the intra day moves and I rarely day trade. That is why those lines are dotted, I would only use them as a way to plan for entering a long and/or taking profit, not as individual trades themselves.
We also supported big selling volume two candles ago without closing below $8,700. I view that as a good sign that this pull back will be short lived. We might blow right through my trend line and go for a FIB retest, but I wouldn't necessarily plan on it.
If not in a position $8,400 - $8,700 should be a good place to build a long. There will be resistance waiting at $9,400 - $9,500 but I don’t think we will have a problem get to $10,000 and that is where my first profit target is set.
Stop loss is at $8,119 and will be moved up each time we breakthrough resistance.
BTC:USD 4 hour chart DAILY UPDATE (day 48)Over the past few days we have been on red alert, awaiting final confirmation that this bear market is over.
Step 1: Break through bear trend (red line)
Step 2: Turn that trend line into support
Step 3: Golden Cross on 50/200 day SMA
In yesterday’s post I pointed out the dragonfly doji that was forming on top of the trend line and was watching for the price to bounce. This morning I was very happy to see that everything is still moving according to plan.
If we can maintain support above $8,150 and develop a higher low over the next 24- 48 hours then I would consider Step #2 complete.
The 50 day MA has begin to posture up and is rapidly approaching the 200 day MA. Once those cross then all three steps will be checked off and I will be ready to open a leveraged long. In the meantime I am waiting patiently on the sidelines and would advise the same for everyone else.
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GBPUSD SHORT for next 12 hour period - 4H chartBearish 4H candle that hit 50% Fibonacci, 100MA and ichimoku cloud.
Price action now correcting lower for at least 2 more four hour candles.
*beware of NFP data in 5 hours or so
SL 1.2927
TP1 1.2800
TP2 1.2772
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