Bulls Better PushOver the recent days BTC has recovered nicely since our last dip to under $3,000. Many people believe that the bear trend is over, and the next stop is an ATH. However, I'm not entirely convinced yet.
I believe that this market has been driven primarily by emotions the last couple days. Hence the massive selloff to under $3000, and then the instant panic buyback to over $4000. This makes the market very unstable, and this is where the massive volatility is coming from.
That being said, instability COULD send us to an ATH, however, it could just as easily send us the other direction.
Now, if I were to pick a side, I would say instability indicates something unhealthy, and unhealthy markets lead to bear trends.
My Analysis:
As you can see in the chart above we have yet to cross the major downward trendline, which means that I will remain bearish UNTIL that line is broken.
There is also a possible Gartley Formation, which is an additional indication that we could be seeing another sell off.
My Plan(s) of Action:
Option 1: I plan to wait for BTC to once again test the downward trendline, where I will wait for a candlstick sign of reversal, and then trgger a short.
Option 2: There has already been a sign of divergence at the possible top location, so IF BTC fails to reach my Ideal Entry I will wait for a break outside of the triangle to trigger my short.
There is a possibility that we will find support around the $3880 mark so depending on when/if we break, I may wait for a cross of that line for confirmation of reversal.
Option 3: IF BTC closes a candle above the downward trendline I will cancel all short orders and likely place a long. This indicate that BTC has additional room for upward movement.
Current targets are all listed above.
Regardless of direction I will post additional target levels as soon as we confirmation of direction.
Extended Target of $2665; this target becomes active IF we fall out of the pennant. Which this marks the finish line for an ABCD pattern which just happens to rest on a longterm trendline.
Coincidence? Time will tell.
I do not think this is highly likely atm, I am just stating a possibility.
I plan to take profit and wait for re-entry at all targets posted above.
This trade could go either way, so I advise to trade with caution, and to always wait on confrimation.
I wish you all good luck!
DISCLAIMER:
Please note I am only providing my own trading information for your benefit and insight to my trading techniques, you should do your own due diligence and not take this information as a trade signal.
BTCCNY
BTC Broke Multiple Support headed for $2752BTC 4 HOUR TIME FRAME. Los Angeles 11:24 AM.
BTC broke multiple 1.618 support and I'm expecting the price to drop to the next 1.618 $2955+-$25 slightly under $3000 before bounce. Psychological support may be at $3000.
Most likely going to auto buy at $3000 and $2957 and hold long in position even if BTC decides to drops further.
Bitcoin Bubble Goes PopOne and only reason Bitcoin rallied in 2017 was due to the Chinese government enacting capital controls. Capital was fleeing the country into every asset. Real estate has soared in places like Australia and Canada.
Ironically, their actions caused more panic of the Chinese people and more capital flight. It was only a matter of time until they physically closed and arrested operators of unregulated exchanges. The SEC in USA has also expressed that they wish to regulate exchanges. Regulation is not a bad thing. It protects people from frauds. More than 95% of ICOs are terrible ideas that seek to take your money for nothing.
Bitcoin is an asset, not a currency. Its volatility does not make it a good store of value compared to other assets (not talking about gold). It is also not a good way to transfer money without fees due to the transaction times and volatility. If Bitcoin were a company no one should invest in it because the technology that runs it is open source. Any government or company that wants to make secure transactions or contracts can start their own blockchain. There is no value in Bitcoin, but there is value in blockchain.
I'd like to apologize to @SatoshiLiteI was pretty upset at how he called it out the other day, but I realized that he was correct. BTCC is huge news, but its not end of the world news. September 30th is a LONG ways away in the crypto world and anything can happen in 2 weeks. More than likely what you will see is the Chinese exchanges scrambling to shore up their operations. That means padding balance sheets with extra coins. The PBoC wanted the price to drop, they didnt outright ban every bitcoin and exchange. Think about that for a second before you think the world is ending. If you worked for the PBoC, would you be buying up everything in sight right about now? I know I would. Institutionalized btc exchanges mean institutionalized money and lots of it. If the SEC and the FDIC suddenly backed every US based exchange, dollars would flood into the market like the salmon of Capistrano. Long live the BTC circlejerk honeybadger thing. What is dead may never die.
Iterations of Bitcoin Banana!
I'm just drawing the expectations of people,
not suggesting
1. the starting last dead cat bounce since the trend broke several days ago.
nor
2. the bull trap / "back to the channel"
neither
3. a third iteration of bitcoin Banana which would just be an evil shakeout. Who dreams of rotten, moldy dust clouds?
USDCNH Bottomed / BTC-Crypto ForecastDear traders, I believe we are at a critical juncture here. Quite possibly, China allowing shorting of their currency might have made the $USDCNH pair bottom last Friday. This is no minor news, and if we study the chart we might be able to understand the relationship between the chinese Yuan and cryptocurrencies.
Since 2014, that $USDCNH bottomed, it spent a long time basing, before starting a prolonged bull market. On the way up, said bull market was showing signs of exhaustion, which us, using the Time @ Mode methodology could see and anticipate. ByFebruary 2017, it was clear that bull market had ran its course, at least for a few months. After a period of distribution, with the government making efforts to strengthen the Yuan, severely punishing speculators, forbidding the shorting of the currency, and increasing rates to borrow the Yuan, the market topped and started a strong decline. The signals on chart indicated a fall to at least 6.54509 was warranted, within March/April until November/December 2017.
Since this target was exceeded, it is likely that the market is bottoming, or possible bottomed. This doesn’t mean mmedate upside, but possibly a period of basing in the daily or weekly timeframe might ensue. This aligns with the time duration of the decline, ending by November or December of this year. After the end of November, if $USDCNH bases around here, the market will be ready to surge upwards during December!
How does this matter for cryptocurrencies? Well, the long term forecast I made available long ago, with the only change being the price target getting extended to 6303.98, had a time duration of 20 months, culminating during November/December 2017. This also happens to correlate nicely with the timing of fundamental events that can derail the bull market in crypto like the Segwit2x hard fork, and interestingly, with a period that already started, that of increased scrutiny and regulatory oversight, which might culminate in the start of a 20 month bear market in BTC, which is what the long term technical charts suggest.
Now, what are the risks? There is a chance we already topped, since target #1 in the weekly was hit, and we already saw some pressure from bears lately, but there is a larger probability that the market won’t fall immediately, since I assume that the smart money will need time to liquidate their holdings. How can they buy themselves time now? Maybe approving an ETF for trading in the US, like the Winklevoss, and maybe even the ETH ETF surfaces and is approved...But, I’m pretty sure, that the writings are on the wall, the start of a 20 month bear market in BTC is well overdue, so, I will start taking precautions. First, I will look to accumulate long positions in the $USDCNH pair, as my first move, and econd, I will be ready to hedge or liquidate holdings if needed, to then redistribute to my other accounts in equities and currencies, reducing my crypto position to only 25% of my net worth. If we do start a bear market, shorting might be a profitable endeavor, so, why not?
In the short term, I’m following sentiment and technical charts, to determine if my bullish outlook is correct or not.
Best of luck!
Ivan Labrie.
Bitcoin getting ready for a Bearish Down TrendHello Guys,
Bitcoin had a strong rally from $1800 to $5000. It could not resist at that point and with the recent news that China could ban Bitcoin exchanges and trading, we saw a short downfall.
As we look at the chart, we see that it has finally broken the trend line which had its support at $4317 and the MacD confirming that we enter a bearish trend which is expected to last for a couple of months.
We are still waiting for another confirmation where it breaks the Fib Level at $4240 with a strong bearish candle. Following that we might see the next buying opportunity at as low as $3500.
For days traders, its not advisable to go long without stop-loss.
Long term investors can either shift to altcoins or USD.
Dead-cat is still forming22330CNY and 17198CNY are two major support in this dead-cat bounce pattern.