Barts (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...
This is the most obvious bart in all of bitcoin history. Dead volume, sudden spike in volume and price, then dead volume and slowly bleeding price with a curving down RSI. Really if you don't understand how this space is manipulated by whales and exchanges to liquidate both shorts and then longs, then you should move over to forex or something.
A few days ago i said i would make an educational analysis about that pattern i saw a few days, something i have seen many MANY times this year. Especially since May until September this year. What do we see here: After breakouts like we had a few days, where we see a squeeze up happen within 1 or 2 minutes, then we see a dump happen just as fast and usually...
As promised i would explain my view on why i assumed today's bear flag was NOT a Bart move. There is more to is than just these 2 moves, the bigger picture also plays a part, but i won't get into those details because it would make things too complicated. 1: The spread between high and low 2: A drop and quick move above the previous high 3: Difference in...