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On Balance Volume (OBV)

Using OBV Divergence To Detect Barts And Wyckoff DistributionBarts (AKA bull or bear traps) are a common pattern in cryptos. The OBV indicator can be useful for detecting Wyckoff style accumulation or distribution. It's especially useful for Barts which have a very flat section of price action which makes the OBV divergence very apparent in some cases. If you see a flat zone that looks like a potential bart, track it on a couple different time frames and see if a divergence pops out, it might show which wyckoff mode it's in.
BITSTAMP:BTCUSDEducation
by mljones
3
Signs for bulls? what about the confirmations then?Small TF small update: *Do notice OBV very bad movement atm... Weekly OBV also extreemly bad (As I showed on previous updates, it didn't change). * Also we were rejected by the 200e on daily. passing above it will shoot it up... * We are testing the hourly cloud too many times, it is also usually bad for the short term. * And to add to it we have hidden bearish divergence: I personally suspect sideways for a while to test boundaries before final decision to where we go.... good for scalps for next few days ;) range: 7870-8170 or smaller better range: 8022-8170 *** There are many big signs as well for bullish market, but until we won't see confirmations that we actually started it up, we should still focus on shorting on the bigger picture.
BITMEX:BTCUSD.PShort
by Hedgehog_king
4
My 2 Cents on #BitcoinHi All, I do have some long Bitcoin trades on at this time... The #OBV is testing resistance on the hourly chart, So if it doesn't brake it... The #RSI is looking at the resistance and support on the hourly chart. I have a feeling that we can see a break out to the upside... Because for now, we have been in a very powerful bull run... The price action on the hourly chart, has found support for now... Support is in the blue box with the white outside... I can see it re-test $91,00.00 USD soon, I hope it go's to $10,000 USD then come back down... Guys and Girls, What do you think... Do you agree or not?
COINBASE:BTCUSDLong
by ADHDing_
1
BTC/USD 1H/1D charts (11/26/2018)Good morning, traders. Welcome to the final week of November. Over the holiday weekend we saw Bitcoin find a low of $3474.73, which was around the equilibrium of the 1M zone, and bounce for almost $600 so far. That's about 17% with some possible higher highs lining up. I am looking for price to target the $4500 area, with some expected resistance around $4340 and a secondary target of the equilibrium of the grey box at $4800, if it can break the swing high of $4120. If price breaks the swing low at $3474.73, then it is much more likely to target $3000. The descending dashed red line is the most important local resistance that price needs to break in order to see price head higher. The 1W saw RSI print a low of 31.45, just above oversold. Currently it is sitting at 30.7 and the 1W S1 pivot is noted at $3200. Yesterday's 1D candle, coinciding with the weekly close, started well but ended under selling pressure meaning rather than immediate upside bias, we should be expecting some sideways movement as buyers and sellers battle it out. This is exactly what has been happening since yesterday. It doesn't mean that price won't go up, only that it will take more effort from the buyers if it is going to do so. The 1D shows price printing a channel within a possible a descending broadening wedge. The channel is about $1300 wide, so we should expect a target of $1300 above the point at which price exits the channel's resistance. Volume has tapered off on the drop suggesting that sellers are exhausted which is to be expected since 1D RSI has been oversold since November 14th. 1D OBV has continued to move higher, since its low on November 20th, as price has continued to drop. As always, smart money volume precedes price so the expectation is that we should see price reversing sooner rather than later. Remember, you can always click on the "share" button in the lower right hand of the screen, under the chart, and then click on "Make it mine" from the popup menu in order to get a live version of the chart that you can explore on your own.
BITSTAMP:BTCUSD
by Chris_Inks
2
BTC/USD 15 min/4H charts (11/14/2018)Good morning, traders. Binance completed the update to its platform overnight and Bitcoin price continues to feel pressure. With CBOE expiry later today, traders must remain vigilant if they are interested in trading this area as we could likely see price pop up at/near that time. However, we may see more movement down toward $6100 first. Notably, 1D OBV has continued to rise as price has dropped since the October 11th Spring/TR low. Remember, price follows volume, so with OBV continuing to rise it should be expected that we will see price do so as well. The 15 minute MACD is printing bullish divergence as I write this. RSI is dipping back into oversold as well. Price has now printed a likely descending channel from November 11th through today and price is bouncing off the bottom as it creates that bullish divergence. Traders should watch for a breach of the descending black dashed line and then the descending blue dotted line. Breaching those should have price targeting the top of the descending channel, and of course a breach and close above that should have price targeting the top of the black TR around $6450. The 4H chart shows the potential for price to fall to around $6025/30 before heading up based on the largest width of the blue descending wedge. If so, then it would likely stretch RSI strongly into oversold on many TFs thereby resulting in a strong rebound. If the 4H candle at that time dips below the October 10th low and then closes above it, that will create an SFP (swing failure pattern) and we should expect price to rebound. Ultimately, we are watching for price to push through the upper black horizontal line which denotes the top of the resistance area at the $6800 level thereby creating a show of strength (SOS). The expectation at that point would be retracement and consolidation around that upper black horizontal line (possibly printing a pennant) in the form of a "back up to the edge of the creek/last point of support" (BUEC/LPS) followed by another SOS above $7000. If that SOS-to-BUEC/LPS prints a pennant around $6800, then at this time we can expect a target of around $7600 when price breaks the pennant's resistance. This would complete the complex fulcrum and should signal the bull market is likely in effect. Remember, a breach of $8500 gives us the higher high that we've been waiting for and would likely be a strong buy signal to many traders sitting on the sidelines. After that, $10,000 becomes the next signal, and then of course the February high around $11,780. Remember, you can always click on the "share" button in the lower right hand of the screen, under the chart, and then click on "Make it mine" from the popup menu in order to get a live version of the chart that you can explore on your own.
BITSTAMP:BTCUSD
by Chris_Inks
6