price started a sharp
downward move from well above $90.00 against the US dollar. LTC declined below
the $88.00 and $80.00 support levels to move into a short term bearish zone.
Key Talking Points
- Litecoin price declined sharply below the $88.00
support area (Data feed of Kraken) against the US Dollar. - There was a break below a major ascending channel
with support at $88.50 on the hourly chart. - LTC price even broke the $80.00 support and
traded close to the $75.00 support area.
Litecoin Price Analysis (LTC)
In the past few hours, there was a strong downward move in , , , and against the US Dollar. The LTC/USD pair broke the key $88.00 and $85.00 support levels to move into a short term bearish zone.
Looking at the , LTC price formed a swing high at $92.49 and recently declined sharply. It broke the $88.00 and $85.00 support levels, plus settled well below the 100 hourly simple moving average.
The decline was initiated after there was a break below a major
ascending channel with support at $88.50 on the same chart. Later, the price
broke the $80.00 support area and traded as low as $75.60.
It is currently consolidating losses and traded inside a
declining channel with resistance at $79.00. The 23.6% Fib retracement level of
the last decline from the $92.49 high to $75.60 low is also near the $79.60 to
act as a strong resistance.
If there is a break above the $80.00 resistance, the price could
bounce back towards the $85.00 resistance. Besides, the price may test the 50% Fib
retracement level of the last decline from the $92.49 high to $75.60 low.
On the other hand, if the price fails to recover above
$80.00, there could be a fresh decline below the $75.60 and $75.00 support
levels.
The main support for price is near the $72.00
level, where buyers are likely to appear. Once the current correction wave is
complete either near $75.00 or $72.00, LTC price could bounce back above $80.00
and $85.00.
The market data is provided by TradingView.
Published at Fri, 12 Apr 2019 06:14:18 +0000
