Macro trend reversal: Uranium ETFMultiple geopolitical and macroeconomic factors providing strong tailwind for Nuclear power.
From a technical perspective, there is a massive macro trend reversal playing out here with volume behind it, which presents a promising long-term opportunity.
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Halving Forecast Just a quick idea on the state of BTC going into the halving. The countdown to the next big BITCOIN event has started, THE HALVING
Historically this is the event that kicks off the BULLRUN every 4 years. Mining rewards go from 6.25BTC to 3.125BTC and this gives miners a dilemma, do they hold on to their BTC they earn and only sell to cover costs, this diminishes the supply going into the market which raises prices assuming demand remains the same. Or if they do carry on selling their BTC it would be half the amount it was previously and still contributes less to the sells side pressure, raising prices. ETF issuers need these coins to offer to customers + retail investors returning to the market once FOMO enters the playing field.
DEMAND UP
SUPPLY DOWN
As for now I could see a mirror of the ETF rally being a logical path towards the halving. Filling the FVG at 33k would be a great long term entry point for any investor/trader should it hold as support. Once price has wicked down into that area and there's a reaction off that level then the bulls should look to push price for that 3 weeks or so going into the halving and beyond towards ATH as there's not much stopping it and history suggests this is the way BTC behaves after this event every 4 years.
Solana(SOL): Waiting For Perfect Setup! Solana coin has had massive growth, as we have talked about earlier, where the price seems to have topped out, and now we are looking for some correction.
What caught our attention here is our favourite middle line of Bollinger bands, which has been acting as a supportive line for the last couple of months.
Now that we finally broke the line, price is re-testing that zone, and we are looking here for some rejection to happen!!
We are not rushing into trading yet, but we see nice potential for both longs and shorts.
A long scenario would be active if we secured that upper resistance zone, which would lead to massive growth on the Solana coin!
What are your thought on Solana coin?? Will it see ATH soon or we will see a smaller correction before that?
🔥 Bitcoin Bulls Put Up A Fight: Still Waiting For A DumpYesterday we saw the BTC bulls put up a show with over 5% gains over the course of the day. Personally, I was not expecting such a bullish day to happen anytime soon. Part of the explanation is the oversold RSI on higher time frames for the first time in months, combined with shorts getting liquidated.
For now, I'm still not convinced that the bulls have the overhand in the short-term. A clear rejection from 42,200 indicates that bears are still dominating the short-term. However, if the bulls can pull through we might see a move towards 43,500 or higher.
I stand by my earlier analyses where I discussed my idea of the ETF being a longer-term top. To invalidate that analysis I'd like to see a move above 50k in the next 1-2 months. Personally, I think we're going to see 50k after the halving.
Time will tell.
Title: "Bitcoin's Bullish Surge: The Impact of EMA100 Uptrend"The Momentum behind Bitcoin's surge is the EMA100 (Daily) indicator.
Notice CRYPTOCAP:BTC has always reacted strongly after violating the EMA 100 either to the upside or downside,
My major concern is that we've had little to no volume on Binance
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(Spots) Since March 2023 considering Binance is the No. 1 Exchange out there..
What's your Opinion?
$BTC trying to find footingCRYPTOCAP:BTC will likely see 1 more dip before it resumes it's uptrend, WHY?
There is still a decent amount of bullishness out there.
HOWEVER, if #Bitcoin can do the following:
RSI hold above halfway point
$ Flow gets better, which coincides with...
Buy volume increasing
Then the drop will likely not be harsh & we could have seen the bottom,
Gaps up into long term ResistanceGaps are for buying and selling right? Well, this gap is right into a 52 week resistance level, with all 6 timeframes decently overbought. Looking short here with first target at 75. This thing moves slowly so i'll revaluate whenever we get there. A move to 77 would not be ideal, allowing for a potential break and bounce of this POC level, giving some potential to longer-term continuation.
Bitcoin - Long-Term Log View - Targeting 200k 🎯Hello TradingView Family / Fellow Traders,
🖇Following my last BTC Monthly log view analysis on November 11, 2022, we anticipated the bulls taking control after rejecting the lower green trendline and horizontal support.
What's Next?
📈 If the current all-time high (highlighted in red) is surpassed, we anticipate a 254% increase, mirroring the last bull cycle. This aligns with the upper boundary of the green channel and the 250k round number.
⚠️ However, the journey may encounter bumps, leading to sharp correction movements to shake out weak hands.
📚 Always follow your trading plan regarding entry, risk management, and trade management.
Good luck!
All Strategies Are Good; If Managed Properly!
~Richard Nasr
EU faces pressure to defuse mounting anger as farmers protest aGiven the mounting anger and protests by farmers across Europe, there appears to be a significant challenge stemming from contradictory and potentially detrimental agricultural policies. The grievances include increased costs for agricultural diesel, additional fees for water consumption, complex regulations, and objections to bans on pesticides and herbicides mandated by the EU's Green Deal. The farmers are also concerned about the import of beef from countries like Brazil and Argentina, which they argue have laxer rules on animal welfare, making competition difficult.
This unrest, originating in France but spreading to neighboring countries, signals a broader issue with unpredictable government decisions affecting agriculture. In the Netherlands and Germany, similar protests have arisen over regulations to cut nitrogen emissions and phase out fuel subsidies, respectively. In Germany, there is also resentment over what is perceived as the unfair application of environmental policies.
With protests extending to Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, and Bulgaria, concerns range from unfair competition from cut-price cereals to high taxes and tight regulations. The impact of droughts, floods, and wildfires, combined with the squeeze from green policies, has fueled discontent.
For investors, this could be a pivotal moment to consider commodities such as cereals, soybeans, and copper. The disruptions in European agriculture may create fluctuations in the market, making these commodities potentially attractive for investment. However, it is crucial to monitor developments closely as tensions continue to grow, and the agricultural sector shapes up to be a major issue in the upcoming European Parliament elections in June.
Grayscale Gravestone DojiThe price has started its descent off a Gravestone Doji. Selling pressure expected to last into the spring. This is either a good place to look for short entries, or a good chart to watch to buy into GBTC at a discount. RSI suggests GBTC has just began its descent. The ideal place the PA looks to land after the dust settles is around the .618 fib retracement level which coincides with a major support and the convergence of the 50, 100 and 200 simple moving averages.
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Bitcoin and Gold ETFHi. Happy new year everyone!
As you can see on the chart bitcoin can partially repeat the gold fractal, at least a few analysis on the fractal coincide, pay attention to the blue fractal.
I think yesterday's pumping of altcoin and decrease of bitcoin dominance will give an understanding that it is possible to enter the market, and the fomo will start in the next 10-14 days, after the crowd enters the market we will see the very correction in several movements. I will sell most of the altcoin portfolio and wait for the correction of 25-35% to increase the number of coins . Now it is difficult to say the target of the correction ( look at fibo) . Let's first wait for January 20-24.
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$BYC gap filled & more dataGood Morning/Afternoon Update
The CRYPTOCAP:BTC GAP was FILLED yesterday.
38k is minor support, don't expect a stand there but bounce possible.
Dotted lines are Fibonacci levels.
#BTC 37k price target very close.
#Bitcoin 32k is a stretch but anything is possible with a volatile asset.
Bearish moving avg crossover is shown by the yellow Circle
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A big X account speaks about positive divergence on 4hr chart.
Futures shows nothing of the sort.
Spot #BTC shows TINY divergence but NOT what should be used to trade or step in, IMO. Bounce? Maybe, we said CRYPTOCAP:BTC is at small support
Don't see any signs of turnaround for #bitcoin yet.
Sell volume is reducing, that's a +.
🔥 Bitcoin Lost HUGE Daily Support: Beginning Of The EndIn my recent analyses I've written several times that I expected the ETF launch to be a major top, which has played out perfectly thus far.
Furthermore, I indicated that the 41.2k-40k range as a major area of support for Bitcoin. As of now, BTC is making a lot of effort to penetrate said support.
In case BTC doesn't reverse from here, we're going to see a major daily support around 41.2k broken for the first time since early December.
This looks bearish. Seems to me that the break of 40k is a matter of time. Could be either today or in the next few days. We're likely seeing the start of some kind of major sell-off that will occur over the next few weeks.
Time will tell.
My 2023 Bitcoin ShortSince September 2023 Bitcoin has been in a rally predicated on the Bitcoin ETF launch. The chart has setup in accordance with my technical rules to finally short (bet against) the price action. I am also going to use this post to expand upon my broader bearish outlook on Bitcoin at present and into the future.
I was definitively Bullish on Bitcoin in Q1 if 2023 (see linked past Bitcoin posts here on Tradingview) but I am now of the opinion this rally has stalled and will reverse.
-The Trade:-
Bitcoin has hit a MAJOR Resistance of the 50% Retracement from the All Time High to the November 2021 low at 42235 (see chart below) which I have been noting in my Weekly Livestream all year. Price overshot the level but as we go into this weekend price will close above or below it to reject or confirm it as Resistance. This Sunday night Weekly bar close will affect my outlook.
Within the "impulse" move off the recent high the 50% level is 42457 and is remarkably aligned with the wider 50% level. The first profit objective of my short it the 50% of the September onward bullish trend at 34800 but will be a partial take profit with some left on for more bearish action.
If price closes back above the 50% Retracements this weekend and/or a new recent high is made then it is likely I will close my short and re-evaluate.
To express this trade I am not "shorting Bitcoin" proper but rather buying Puts on AMEX:BITO with expirations in June 2024.
Weekly 50% Retracement view:
-Bitcoin ETF: "Buy the Rumor, Sell the News"-
I remain of the opinion that the Bitcoin ETF Launch will be a "Buy the Rumor, Sell the News" type event.
Much optimistic speculation has been placed upon the prospect of "Boomers Buying Bitcoin" because now they (retirees and institutions) can purchase Bitcoin in their retirement accounts. As I noted, I am expressing my trade using BITO which is a Bitcoin Trust instrument. There are already plenty of Bitcoin derivative products available for typical investors to use. Ergo, it is not obvious to me how an ETF launching will change the landscape significantly.
Furthermore, I am reminded of a similar event in the past; the launching of CBOE Bitcoin Futures. Futures on Bitcoin launched on December 17th, 2017 literally marking that high and the end of that rally.
-Price Outlook: Things are Different Now?-
The bullish case for Bitcoin now even after the ETF launches is the coming Halving Cycle. Everyone note that it has created loosely bullish price action 3 out of 3 past times and will likely do so again. First, I do not thins 3/3 is statistically significant. Second, causation or correlation? Was it the Halving Cycle that made Bitcoin bullish or just the fact that it has been going up all this time anyway?
One must acknowledge that Bitcoin was born and grew in a 0% interest rate environment which no longer exists. That fundamentally changes the amount of capital that is being infused into Bitcoin which created the 2021 rally.
People like to share historical charts and then superimpose them to current price action. Most social media posts you will see are bullish because those are the ones that get the most engagement. No where else have I seen this glaringly obvious (to me) comparison of the current rally in context of the 2019 price action (below). I recall distinctly at that time that everyone was convinced the months prior were just a small hiccup and the new ATH rally was underway. Instead, we had a major economic event (COVID) to come that would push Bitcoin back down to close to the bear market lows again.
2019 versus 2023
-Future Outlook: What is Bitcoin?-
The question, "what is Bitcoin?" has been asked for over a decade. I myself became interested in Bitcoin as a "tool for human freedom" that made sense to me from my Information Technology background and Libertarian political leanings. However, I have sadly watched as Bitcoin has been "normalized" in favor of "mainstream adoption" to the point we have reached now where large institutions buying Bitcoin is heralded as an accomplishment. That was never the point... as I see it nor as Satoshi's whitepaper wrote.
Over the last few months I have consumed the mainstream (of Bitcoin Maximalist) social media posts and derived that the opinion of Bitcoin is NOT one of replacing the fiat dollar nor disrupting the traditional financial system. Instead the memes have been centered around some flavor or "Buy it now before the price goes higher!" Lost are the memes of yesteryear about Bitcoin combating inflation (due in part likely to the fact that the Fed's actions are actually yielding desired results).
The memes around Bitcoin during this rally are frankly reminiscent of Dogecoin COINBASE:DOGEUSD TO THE MOON!!!
When I attended the first Bitcoin conference in New York in 2011, we were all excited to do something never done before: buy lunch with Bitcoin. A shop down the street from the hotel venue (which at that time could only hold about 250 people) had setup a terminal to accept Bitcoin as payment. This was revolutionary at the time (there were no online payment apps such as Venmo, Zelle, or Apple pay yet invented).
Two things happened:
Confirmations were slow. A long queue began to develop as people waited for payments to go through. We got hungry.
I sat at a table with Jesse Powell, the hitherto future founder of Kraken, who I estimated was sitting on 10s of thousands of Bitcoin... who paid for his lunch with US Dollars.
What I learned in 2011 about Bitcoin was:
The technology is slow and cumbersome for transaction volume
People that own Bitcoin will not spend it
Nothing has fundamentally changed on those points in 12 years despite the smartest of technical and economic experts' best efforts. If we look at the average confirmation time for Bitcoin it stands at 64 minutes and the average transaction fee is $25.11. That latter number has been increasing dramatically since the start of November. It is not because of the bullish rally (which began in September). It is because of the failure of Lightning Network.
Lightning network was supposed to fix these technical limitations of speed and fees with Bitcoin by adding a layer on top of Bitcoin. Unfortunately, in late October experts discovered a major vulnerability in Lightning Network's programming that would allow nefarious actors to steal Lightning Network Bitcoin. Since then, over half a decade of work and hopes put into Lightning Network have been dashed as the developers now begin to look at a new implementation.
The failure of Lightning Network in no way means "Bitcoin is dead." The Layer 1 Bitcoin network is robust as ever. Bitcoin just remains terribly unsuited to be the replacement for global currency. But as I noted above, it was never going to be because no will spend money today that they believe can buy more stuff tomorrow. It is great for the buyer to wait and buy two hamburgers next week for the price today... but bad for businesses that make hamburgers who will go out of business next week if no one buys hamburgers this week.
So what is the "use case" of Bitcoin? If we cite that Al Gore invented the Internet in 1985, when the Internet was 13 years old (like Bitcoin) people were using it to send email, host databases, and order goods and services. We were unaware of the true future use cases of the Internet but many of these uses were already underway and people and businesses were using it to save money and/or sell more goods and services. The Internet was a wealth generation machine: it created value.
So it pains me to acknowledge now that Bitcoin has settled on a single use case: "personal wealth generation" and rather than generate new wealth it instead acts as a vacuum of capital.
TL;DR: The ETF launch will be a "Sell the News" event. I am now of the opinion that Bitcoin has lost its way to being a disruptive technology. I am of the opinion that this rally will not make a new All Time High.
BTC ETF Really a Sell the News Event?BTC could be in trouble with a daily close below $41,229. It's been ranging since the initial run up that ended December 5th. It faked out to the upside, and is right back in the range. A daily close below $41,229 could send it back into the 30k range. Worth noting we did almost get a 100% move in 4 months. A healthy pull back might not be a bad thing.
🔥 Bitcoin Spot ETF Approved: DUMP ALARM 🚨After yesterday's false start, Bitcoin's long anticipated ETF is finally here. However, it remains to be seen whether this ETF approval will be bullish or not.
In the long-term, definitely. Price action over the next few weeks/months is likely bearish. As mentioned before, I'm expecting a short swift pump towards 48,000$ before hitting two major resistances and dump.
Reasons for this bearish view:
- Strong pump into news. Buy the rumor, sell the news?
- Top yellow resistance of the channel
- 48k resistance, last major resistance before the ATH.
- The ETF approval is a perfect bull-trap for retail traders. Whales have already bought their Bitcoin's in the last year.
The bottom support of the channel seems like a decent bearish target. Potentially even 30k.
I will switch from bear to bull if we can get a weekly close above 50k. This indicates that the 48k resistance has been broken and will decrease the probability of a fake out. Happy to be proven wrong.
For now, be careful for high volatility.
BTC futures dictate price, people still don't get itSince the price action reversal on CRYPTOCAP:BTC it has been struggling.
(also sold CRYPTOCAP:ETH & CRYPTOCAP:LTC few days later)
There is way too much positivity in this space for what's happening.
#bitcoin is at the top portion of the gap, but may not hold and will likely fill & trade lower.
We have been huge proponents of using futures data vs spot #BTC
If you only use spot CRYPTOCAP:BTC you're at a disadvantage
RSI looks similar but look @ $ flow
Futures #BTC showed cracks in mid/late December
#Bitcoin Fibonacci
50% from RECENT trend low = 37k
50% from 12/22 low = 32
22/01/24 Weekly outlookLast weeks high: $43584.42
Last weeks low: $41935.80
Midpoint: $40287.19
With the BTC sell off underway post ETF approval, we start the week hovering just under the previous weeks low of 41.5k. This area is the key S/R zone in my opinion and for now it looks like BTC bulls are struggling to reclaim that level.
I previously stated in the last weeks outlook that there is a strong magnet pulling price towards the 33K area FVG . To reach that area and react positively off the level would be very bullish and should begin the next leg up towards 50K+ going into the run up for THE HALVING .
For now BTC bleeding is causing the altcoin market to do the same, however as normal altcoins do tend to bleed against BTC as well for example SOL is now sub $90 and falling, good opportunities will present themselves in the coming days/weeks for the next leg up in the Bullrun but patience is key.
In conclusion the ETF news was a sell the news event, Blackrock and others are scooping up large sums of BTC at discounted rates as market makers push the prices lower. That in turn drags altcoin prices down with it and now it seems we're heading towards the 30K's . My final target would be ~33K before looking towards becoming bullish again. I will rethink that plan if BTC was able to reclaim 41.5K with strength.
Short term bearish long term bullish
🔥 Bitcoin: Just A Dip? What Does 2016 Tell usPreface: I'm still bearish on BTC as per my most recent analyses. The ETF launch likely signaled a major top, potentially until the halving. My most likely scenario's are shown below.
That being said, I think it's worthwhile to look at the market from different perspectives.
In this analysis I'm going to compare the 2016-2017 bull-run with the 2023 bull-run. Back then, BTC experienced many 30%-40% drops over the course of 2 years. In the end, every dip was a dip to be bought which led to some very good returns.
Thus far, the 2023 (and 2024) bull-run has had several dips around 20%, which all proved to be very good entry points. We had to admit to ourselves that it's possible that the drop after the ETF launch is a dip to be bought.
Furthermore, the dips getting less deep than 8 years ago is a natural consequence of the market maturing and becoming less volatile.
Is this just a dip, or are we facing a longer-term correction? Happy to hear your thoughts!
BTC Market Update 22nd JanuaryIn the week subsequent to the introduction of the BTC Spot ETF, the cumulative trading volume across all 11 ETFs has reached $9.8 billion, with GBTC alone contributing $4.6 billion to this total.
Since its transformation from a Trust into an ETF, GBTC has witnessed $1.17 billion in outflows, as shown in this link . This trend was anticipated, given GBTC's consistent trading at a discount since 2020, with the discount reaching as much as -48% at the beginning of 2023. The conversion to an ETF has been eagerly awaited by GBTC investors, presenting an opportunity to exit at par value. The current uncertainty revolves around the extent to which investors will withdraw from GBTC's $25.4 billion in assets under management.
Following the ETF approval, BTC's price reached a peak of $49,100 but has since declined, stabilizing above the $40,000 support level. Trading volumes have decreased after the initial surge post-launch, and attention now shifts to the ongoing outflows from GBTC.
This phase is likely a temporary market absorption, and it is anticipated that we may witness some choppy movements followed by positive momentum as we approach the Bitcoin halving in the next three months.
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BTC Rejected of Macro .618, Now What?So if we look at last cycles on Bitcoin and apply Fibonacci from bull cycle to bear market bottom, we have bear rallies to 0.618-0.66 area and then we reject and dump hard until halving and real bull cycle starts. We have seen the same, I had this plan since November. In my opinion most likely scenario now is slow bleed to the downside (not saying we won't have small bounces). February-March we go down and we have a huge buy opportunity for BTC and alts around 34-28k area. I'll start buying at 34 and will add to 28. I don't think we will close any daily candle below 28k.
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🔥 Predicting Bitcoin's Price On The 2024 Halving: Dump Ahead?In this analysis I want to shed some light on an interesting relationship that I found between bear-market bottroms and the price of Bitcoin during the halving. This analysis is speculative and based on 2 previous occurences, so take it with a grain of salt.
The relationship that I found is as follows:
2nd halving: price at halving = 300% off the bottom.
3rd halving: price at halving = 200% off the bottom.
Percentages rounded to hundreds. Omitting first halving because market was not mature.
So my assumption would be that the price on the 4th halving, the next one, would be 100% from the 15.500$ bottom, so around 31.000$
With BTC reversing after the ETF launch, a move towards 31.000$ is not even that far-fetched, since it functioned as a very important resistance of the majority of 2023 and therefore functions as a magnet.
Do you think this is a reasonable analysis? Happy to hear your thoughts!
🔥 Bitcoin: All Signs Pointing To Deep CorrectionOver the last few weeks I've been repeating the same message over and over: the ETF launch is NOT a moment to buy and will most likely lead to a short-term correction. The ETF, combined with long-term resistances & bearish divergence made it a statistically bad time to buy.
After a ~16% correction from the top, we're now trading around the 41k area. In my view, we're soon going to test the real support of the 4 month bull-trend: the 40k support.
The battle will be fierce, but I expect the bears to pull through. 40k will be lost and a bigger correction is due.
My target for the next couple of weeks is the bottom yellow support of the channel.