Bitcoin trading, today, sacrificed the technical advantage it had gained from Friday’s advance above long-term resistance. The market had already successfully tested the trendline on the day but returned to it in a cynical sell-off during Sunday trade.
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Bitcoin Trading and Price Analysis
Time of analysis: 14h38 UTC
Bitstamp 15-Minute Chart
From the analysis pages of xbt.social, earlier today:
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The technical chart conditions are similar to the sell signal they gave prior to the drop visible on the left of the chart. The wave count can be interpreted a having a final wave e to make to the downside and this represents a risk to trades that were not initiated from the base of the advance near $240 with a stop loss below $239.
If downside price action crashes lower, it will happen swiftly and will most likely target the 1.618 extension near $246 (Bitfinex) and 1534 CNY (BTC-China) and $236/240 (BTC-e). This is also the approximate level of our bellwether moving average. Traders may choose to place a stop loss just below $251 in case a drop extends to $246, and then re-enter once price action shows resumption to the upside.
Not a comfortable juncture in the chart – best be prepared.
From the analysis pages of xbt.social, 4 hours later:
We saw it coming and hopefully all members had taken precautionary measures against the sell-off. The MA signal was present for over an hour before the market tipped price over the edge.
The 4-hour BTC-China chart shows that the sell-off simultaneously stopped at our 15-minute and 4-hour moving average. In the Bitfinex 4-hour chart price plunged to target at $246.
The market’s choice of direction despite favorable technical conditions for advance shows cynicism. It’s a typical Bitcoin chart move with a rapid sell-off produced at the very moment advance looks favorable, and the chart indicators give a Buy signal.
Summary
Old habits die hard, it seems. Bitcoin price was sold off over $10 today in a retest of the long-term trendline that had been breached on Friday. The market is behaving like a captive chimpanzee being returned to the wild: irresistibly drawn to discovering unknown territory, but constantly running back to a sell-off security blanket.
The Bitstamp Buy-Sell Volume indicator shows the mass participation in today’s move.
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