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Bitcoin: Last weeks action and coming weeks forecast (49)

Bitcoin: last weeks action and coming weeks forecast (49)

Bitcoin: Last weeks action and coming weeks forecast (49)

Weekly

The weekly chart is not the chart I trade, but it always important in terms of finding the right context. The charts shows me a number of things which make think that a bullish relief rally is due.
The first indication is the flatness of the trend line and the distance between trend line and price. Second is the overextension signal printed on the previous candle and the reversal signal (the green bar) on this candle. This weeks candle has not closed yet, so that reversal signal is not confirmed, but as long as it closes above 4096 we should be good. Third is the shape of the candle, which is not exactly there yet. There’s still a few hours to go, and ideally I would like to see the candle close at the highs. The least I’m looking for is for the top wick to be shorter than the bottom wick.
What I don’t like about this bounce is that it apparently is happening in the middle of nowhere (according to my TA). I would have expected price to move down at least to the 200MA at around 3200 and probably down to 3000. And I do see still see that as something that will happen, perhaps not in the coming weeks though.

Daily

On the daily chart I can see the first signs of a relief rally forming. I made a wrong trade this week based on the green reversal bar and subsequent hammer candle. It’s actually a nice trade to illustrate what went wrong, but most importantly why I went wrong. I’ll write an article on that in the coming week, and I’ll also discuss where the trade was that I should have taken.
Although I made a mistake when timing and executing that trade, the daily chart still tells me that the direction of the trade is valid. Trend line is flat and theres a good distance between trend line and price. We had a reversal bar and a reversal candle, and we broke the IBR from the reversal bar. Price made it into the trend cloud and is hanging in there. I can see it going up further from here, as long as we don’t close beneath the bar that printed the re-entry signal.
The absolute safe thing to do here is not trade. If you’re trading this system, you should have either exited the short at the overextension signal follow by the hammers, or moved the stop to 4420. Then you can wait for price to reach the trend line and look for a re-entry signal into a short there (or if it breaks through we may get a long opportunity). The re-entry signal that printed two days ago can be ignored since it is at the bottom of the trend cloud. Safest re-entry signals are at or at least near to the trend line .
More adventurous traders can still take a swing at a long, although in my opinion the safest countertrend long has already passed (I’ll talk about that when I evaluate the boo-boo I made). I am taking a jab at a long, but recognising that I may be a bit late, and adjusting the risk (position size) accordingly. Sometimes you must indulge yourself and allow yourself to take a more risky trade. You need to offset that risk though in your position sizing..
You can find a link to the long setup on the 4HR chart below

4HR

Weekly forecast
The weekly and daily charts both tell me that we’ll most probably see either some ranging of some relief up to around 5000. If that happens I’ll get in long for a bit according to the 4HR setup and look for signs of weakness to exit around the trend line at 5000. I am bit bit late to this trade, but have to allow myself some fun, so I’ll adjust my position size accordingly and allow myself only to take a minute risk.
If I get a clean re-entry signal short I’ll enter short there too, but that all depends on if, when, and how we get there. And what price does if it gets there.
If we don’t get any relief, and price starts breaking down, I’ll wait for a new setup to form. I can gladly miss the drop from 4000 to 3000. Trading is not about being in every single move an asset makes, it about trying to weasel yourself into the safe ones. I made a good profit on the last short, if I miss this one there;s no harm done.

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Published at Sun, 02 Dec 2018 19:20:42 +0000

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Ripple Price Technical Analysis – XRP/USD Bearish U-Turn

Key Highlights

  • Ripple price extended declines and moved below the $1.80 support against the US Dollar.
  • Yesterday’s highlighted crucial bearish trend line with current resistance at $1.85 is still in place on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken).
  • The price continues to move down and it could soon break the 1.60 low to for more losses.

Ripple price faced a lot of selling pressure against the US Dollar and bitcoin. XRP/USD could accelerate declines and it may soon test or break the $1.50 level.

Ripple Price Decline

It seems like the current bearish pressure is here to stay on Ripple price below $2.00 against the US Dollar. The price was under a lot of pressure and it moved below the $1.80 and $1.70 support levels. The downside move is strong and the price is now below the $1.65 level. Recently, there was a recovery from the $1.6062 swing low with a break of the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the last decline from the $2.38 high to $1.60 low.

However, the upside move was capped by the $2.00 handle. Moreover, the 50% Fib retracement level of the last decline from the $2.38 high to $1.60 low also acted as a resistance. More importantly, yesterday’s highlighted crucial bearish trend line with current resistance at $1.85 is still in place on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair. It may continue to act as a strong barrier for buyers above $2.00. As long as the price is below the $2.00 handle, it remains at a risk of more losses below $1.60.

Ripple Price Technical Analysis XRP USD

A break below the $1.60 level could open the doors for a test of the $1.50 level. Below the $1.50 level, there is a chance an extension towards the $1.40 level.

Looking at the technical indicators:

Hourly MACD – The MACD for XRP/USD is now placed in the bearish zone.

Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) – The RSI for XRP/USD is heading lower towards the 25 level.

Major Support Level – $1.50

Major Resistance Level – $2.00

 

Charts courtesy – Trading View, Kraken

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Bitcoin Gets Technology Theory Backing, Can Reach $100,000 by 2021

“Moore’s Law” has been identified by a Harvard Scientist in bitcoin, and as such the belief is that the digital currency can reach $100,000 by February 2021, according to this theorem.


With bitcoin reaching a big milestone in its scaling debate, an issue that has dogged the digital currency for some time, it is now once again breaking records with little slowing it down.

Fear and speculation ran rampant leading up to the August 1 hard fork, which saw the creation of a new digital currency called bitcoin Cash – a fork of the original bitcoin. However, even since its creation, and rise to third-largest digital currency for a while in regards to market cap, it has not slowed bitcoin’s growth.

Gordon Moore - Moore's Law

Moore’s Law

Moore’s Law is a theorem and a formula that was created by the co-founder of Intel’s Gordon Moore Processor. It states that, on a processor, the number of transistors on the new microprocessor models will increase approximately twice every 18-24 months.

This law has been identified by Denis Porto, and investor, as well as a Harvard Scientist. It is his opinion that bitcoin has become the first digital currency to show signs of this law, even though it is not specifically aimed at this form of technology.

In a recent interview with Markets Morning, Porto said:

Moore’s law is specifically applied to the number of transistors per circuit, but it can be applied to any digital technology. […] Any technology that grows exponentially (i.e. following Moore’s Law) has a doubling moment.

Bitcoin's price surge last week sparked renewed confidence and optimism

Contributing Factors

In the wake of bitcoin reaching its latest all time high last week, optimism and confidence have skyrocketed once again for the original digital currency. There have been a number of factors that have pushed bitcoin’s growth, and those same factors have seen it follow the trajectory of Moore’s Law as identified by Porto.

bitcoin’s ability to scale through SegWit, and suffer no ill effects from the hard fork, and instead grow to new heights has set this path to $100,000 in the next four years.

There are other factors in the pipeline as well that can also help bitcoin to stick to this trajectory of $100,000 as on Tuesday it was reported that Russia is looking to take over the mantle as the king of bitcoin mining.

Dmitry Marinichev, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s advisors, is preparing to boost Russia to be the global power of bitcoin mining, in an attempt to compete with China.

Are these prediction far too high? Can an asset really reach such prices or is there a real threat of a bubble? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!


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