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BTCThis is slowly becoming my primary count, Weekly chart can continue to push here while DXY finds a ST bottom, but as we can see my 3rd wave has yet to test the 1.618% around $15k. Also the measured move breakdown from the recent triangle hits around $12,800. If my DXY analysis is correct and we get $110 ST pump to the dxy BTC should finish the 3rd wave anywhere between $10K to $15K before starting wave 4 to $24K and then ultimately finishing this bear market around $7,500 EOY.
BITSTAMP:BTCUSD
by Big_Mike716
2
ETH - Lesser of the Two Crypto BearsCrypto winter is here. Is this the darkest before dawn? Or the start of a long artic winter ahead? In such nebulous times, directional bets are rife with risks. In contrast, spread trades vastly lowers risk while enabling limited but durable returns. Set against the current macro backdrop and landscape shift in the industry, this case study will argue that Ether exhibits greater price resilience relative to Bitcoin prices. Accordingly, a long position in CME Micro Ether Futures combined with a short position in CME Micro Bitcoin Futures provides an opportunity to extract yield in a bearish market. Spread entry at 0.0721 with a target at 0.0793 delivers a reward to risk ratio of 1.88 with returns of $1,660. A stop loss of 0.0684 will limit losses from the spread trade to $880. A RESILIENT ETHER? Crypto winter plus recession fears in major economies will keep crypto prices subdued with continuing downside pressure. After a successful massive upgrade last year, the Ethereum blockchain reduced its carbon footprint. Next big enhancement is the Shanghai upgrade expected in March. This upgrade enables withdrawal of staked Ether representing ~13% of the entire supply. Staked Ether withdrawal will be gradual. Even though this might increase selling pressure, it will be less so relative to what Bitcoin faces as described below. GBTC LINKED BITCOIN SELLING PRESSURE Last November, Genesis (a major crypto lender) halted withdrawals citing a $1 billion shortfall. Genesis is looking to avoid bankruptcy filing. Its bankruptcy could spell contagion in crypto markets accelerating selling pressure. Genesis’ parent company Digital Currency Group ("DCG") operates the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. Grayscale’s flagship product GBTC has suffered sharp sell-off resulting in a staggering 45% discount to NAV presently. Grayscale’s attempt to convert GBTC to a spot BTC ETF allows them to rebalance their holdings to narrow the discount. But their application to transform into an ETF has been denied by the SEC. Grayscale is appealing against the SEC’s decision in court with an outcome anticipated this quarter. If the ruling goes against them, Grayscale plans to offload up to 20% of GBTC shares leading to sales of 128,000 bitcoins which will send its prices tanking. BITCOIN MARKET CYCLES – WILL HISTORY REPEAT? PERHAPS NOT. Crypto winter is not new. Previous winter cycles of extended periods of subdued price action were followed by massive bull rally. Hope springs eternal but this time could be different. Bitcoin as an asset class will face recessionary environment for the first time ever. Unlike in 2018, long term holders (>1Y) have not moved their holdings this time around but hold massive losses on their portfolios down some 50% to 80% which could aggravate bitcoin downside pressures when selling begins. POOR FUNDAMENTALS BUT NEUTRAL TECHNICAL SIGNALS IN BITCOIN Bitcoin’s long-term moving average has served as a strong resistance and continues to be in a downtrend. Falling realised volatility points to a sideways market with limited liquidity and leverage. Declining market volume vindicates that. Orange Fibonacci retracement level which proved to be strong resistance also coincides with the pivot level P could be challenged once the Grayscale-SEC court ruling is out later this quarter. ETHER TECHNICALS POINT TO A SIDEWAYS MARKET DESPITE OUTPERFORMANCE OVER BITCOIN Ether has remained highly correlated with Bitcoin for the past two months. The long-term (100-day) moving average has served as a weak resistance as Ether broke through this level during November. The long-term moving average has become flat over the past two months in sharp contrast to a bearish one for Bitcoin. In the previous period of low HV (October to November), Ether outperformed Bitcoin by a stunning 22%. Stochastic for both Bitcoin and Ether point to oversold levels. OPTIONS MARKET FAVORS ETHER OVER BITCOIN Bitcoin has a put/call ratio of 2.5 on the CME in sharp distinction to Ether’s put/call ratio of only 0.8. On Deribit markets, put call for Ether is two-times lower relative to Bitcoin. Options traders clearly favor Ether over Bitcoin. TRADE SETUP A spread position of long CME Micro Ether Futures and short CME Micro Bitcoin futures. Spread trades require notional values of each leg to be equal. Each contract of CME Micro Ether Futures and CME Micro Bitcoin Futures both expiring in Feb 2023 provides exposure to 0.1 Ether ($120) and 0.1 Bitcoin ($1,665), respectively. Fourteen (14) lots of long positions in CME Micro Ether Futures will provide a notional value of $1,680 to offset one lot of CME Micro Bitcoin Futures which has notional $1,665. Entry: 0.0721 Target: 0.0793 Stop Loss: 0.0684 Reward/Risk Ratio: 1.88 Profit at Target: $1,660 Loss at Stop Loss: $880 MARKET DATA CME Real-time Market Data helps identify trading set-ups and express market views better. If you have futures in your trading portfolio, you can check out on CME Group data plans available that suit your trading needs www.tradingview.com DISCLAIMER Trade ideas cited above are for illustration only, as an integral part of a case study to demonstrate the fundamental concepts in risk management under the market scenarios being discussed. They shall not be construed as investment recommendations or advice. Nor are they used to promote any specific products, or services. This material has been published for general education and circulation only. 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CME:ETH1!Long
by mintdotfinance
15
1871-2022 S&P 500 Secular Bull vs. Bear Markets SPX SPY I wanted to share this chart, as a couple of things stood out when thinking about past bull & bear secular market cycles vs. the current secular bull market that we’ve been in for the last 10+ years since the 08-09’ GFC (Great Financial Crisis). First , for those who say “investors can't or shouldn’t time the markets", I very much disagree with this logic (or Wall Street marketing) as there are plenty of signals, cyclical trends, leading indicators, etc., that give investors clues as to what likely lies ahead — based on probabilities. And while nobody can be 100% certain as to the exact pathway of markets, given the macro cross-currents that are in front of us — we can 100% say that we have been & still are in a secular bull market. Until this trend changes, the “crash” that many were calling for in 22’, if not expecting for 23’ could possibly take longer to play out than many realize when looking at previous bull vs. bear secular market cycles. Second , looking at the attached chart(s), this is also why timing and duration matter. If you are entering retirement toward the latter part of a secular bull market, it might be best to reduce risk & shift from capital appreciation to capital preservation. Examples of this include leading up The Great Depression, 1950’s post-WWII boom prior to the 1970’s Stagflation Era, & into the end of the Tech Boom of the .com era leading into 2001. On the flip side, if you are in your saving years (20’s-30’s+), then it is during these secular bear markets that you really want to be accumulating & building your asset base for the next bull market phase that is likely ahead in the coming years as the trend higher always begins during the bear market bottoming process (see dotted black lines on charts). Third , looking at the current cycle & zooming in on the charts from yearly (large picture) to monthly chart — we can see that we are still technically in a secular bull market. And considering the previous two major bull market cycles of the 1950/60’s (18 years) & 1980’s up until the early 2000’s (19 years), one could make a case that we are only about halfway through this current bull cycle (9 years). Do I think this is absolutely the case? Personally , I do not as there are issues regarding demographics, de-globalization, inflation/stagflation/deflation, boomers retiring en-masse, etc., that will likely put further pressure on asset markets throughout this decade. What do you think about this historical analysis? Are we going to break this secular bull market cycle & enter a secular new bear market? Or, are are just in a corrective phase within the broader bull market cycle? CHART NOTE: Recessions = Shaded Red Areas Chart #1 (Yearly): *1871-2022* 📊 *Inflation Adjusted Returns Chart Data via Advisor Perspectives* www.advisorperspectives.com Since that first trough in 1877 to the March 2009 low: Secular bull gains totaled 2075% for an average of 415%. Secular bear losses totaled -329% for an average of -65%. Secular bull years total 80 versus 52 for the bears, a 60:40 ratio. Chart #2 (Yearly): *1871-2022* 📊 *Inflation Adjusted Secular Highs & Lows via Advisor Perspectives* www.advisorperspectives.com Chart #3 (Yearly): *1871-2022* 📊 *Inflation Adjusted Regression to Trend via Advisor Perspectives* www.advisorperspectives.com Chart #4 (Yearly): *1871-2022* 📊 *Inflation Adjusted Regression Channel via Advisor Perspectives* www.advisorperspectives.com Chart #5 (Monthly): *1920-1972* (Great Depression & Post-WWII) 📊 *Note that during the Great Depression/WWII, as Ray Dalio has pointed out in his recent book "The Changing World Order" this was a prolonged period of negative to very low returns.* 📖 www.economicprinciples.org Chart #6 (Monthly): *1972-2022* (70’s Stagflation, 80’s "Greed is Good" markets & 90’s dot.com Boom, 08’ GFC, & 2010’s QE 1/2/3, 20’ Covid Crash, & 21-22’ Inflation/Interest Rate Shock Correction) 📊 *Note that we are still in a secular bull market uptrend, when looking at the monthly charts. Until this trend breaks down, there is market support for a continuation of this trend.* Pre-Covid High = Red Dotted Line ($3,393.52) Post-Covid High = Green Dotted Line ($4,816.62) Chart #6 (Monthly): *1871-2022* (MACD) 📊
SP:SPX
by kylemusserco
3
Dave I know how you feel about the LOG button but........If you just turn it off it really makes this down trend correlates with the fibs and the counting to the number 5 thing x3. If you turn on the LOG it makes it seem like this down trend is over only time will tell. I am invested in the idea of this going down so it will naturally rip up in the coming days. Remember to push the spaceship and comment it takes support from fellow traders to make me the #1 chartologist in all of the WWW
CME_MINI:NQ1!
by jedisdead
BTCUSD - Downward Trend ContinuesIn May 2022, the major structure at 29K was broken and a 1 month trading range formed at the support level until it was finally broken to the downside. By measuring the distance from the all-time high (ATH) to 29K and applying it to the downwards target, we can calculate a potential target of around 12K. Using the Fibonacci retracement tool from the start of the bull market to the end of it also gives us a target of $11651 (Fib. 0.618), which aligns with the previous calculation. Currently, we have lost the ATH from 2017 at around 20K as support and are trading at $16600. The next interesting area to watch for is the ATH from 2019 at $13870. Given the current global circumstances, it is likely that the bear market will continue in 2023, providing ample time for DCA.
INDEX:BTCUSDShort
by SiDec
ETH - The calm before the storm!Here's a quick look at the daily ETH chart. As we can see, the price has been oscillating within the bigger symmetrical triangle. The price will likely break below the triangle with the current market sentiment. There's an unfilled Fair Value Gap from 770$ to 870$. These gaps will likely get filled in this bear market since the DXY is expected to rally from its current level - when the DXY goes up, the BTC price will go down! ------------------------------------------- If you like the content, then make sure to comment and like the post :D Follow me for daily profitable trading setups BTC dictates the market. If BTC falls, then Alts will fall as well. Trade safe!
Short
by MBM_Crypto
6
BTC outlook - Bearish Trend continuesHere's a quick look at the 3-day BTC chart. As we can see, the price has been oscillating within the bigger descending triangle. If DXY (Dollar Index) keeps rising, we should expect the price of BTC to go further down! There are some unfilled Fair value gaps between 11k and 12k. Also, there is an unfilled CME gap at 9.7k! These gaps tend to get filled at some point! These gaps will likely get filled in this bear market since the DXY is expected to rally from its current level - when the DXY goes up, the BTC price will go down! I firmly believe the bottom will be close to the 10k area. We have yet to see the last capitulation, IMO, yet! Trade Safe! ------------------------------------------- If you like the content, then make sure to comment and like the post :D Follow me for daily profitable trading setups BTC dictates the market. If BTC falls, then Alts will fall as well. Trade safe!
Short
by MBM_Crypto
6
AUD/CAD: UpdateAs I follow this trade from the past week. This it's the quickly update that I knew very well one thing. As before I said that AUD/CAD will climb, thing that happen when I told you in the past week, what as result, climb but I don't cached the opportunity. But analyzing from the H1 and H2 timeframe, we're in the correction that the market structure speak us that a bearish movement it's developing now!!! So, as I put a sell order place in the $0.9142 CAD. I'm bearish from this point and then, I hope that AUD/CAD continue down to $0.90 CAD. What for now I change and fix my target from this point. What this mean if AUD/CAD reach my target, I will get 137 pips in this trade. So, the entry doesn't like bad and definitely, that was a pretty good entry price. So, the only that I can to watching it's one thing that when analyzing the timeframe, it's very necessary to draw the order block in the smart zone to sell, that will help us to find up a perfect entry. This trade it's appear that was almost perfect. Also guys, what I draw in purple big circle, it's to recall in your trading style that this it's the starting of the bear market trap, as during my trading time, I see this pattern in a lot case of study that this it's the beginning of the bear market. And I hope that this case of study help you in your career.
Short
by harisonhbn9718
6