WHAT IF 5.800$ IS NOT THE BOTTOM?Great evening everybody,
yesterday I made a recommendation on when to short BTC.
Everybody who followed my advice should have made some money.
Enough of the self-praise though, let's get to the analysis.
By now you should notice that the similiarties between now and 2013/2014 are NOT neglectable.
It's pretty obvious that BTC is moving much faster nowadays.
What took us 297 Days in 2013/2014 only took us 108 Days this year.
The blue arrows illustrate where BTC price is currently moving.
The main thing I want to talk about is this 5.800$ Double Bottom everybody is anticipating.
To be honest with you, I highly doubt that 5.800$ will be the bottom.
In terms of market cycles, we haven't witnessed capitulation yet, which is an important compoment, when it comes to an overall trend reversal.
Capitulation usually feels like apocalpyse is happening.
Also notice how during the 2k14 drop, BTC fell straight through the previous bottom and gave us a fake bottom around 20% BELOW the previous one,
spiked up, and rolled over again to the actual bottom, which was around 150$.
Personally, I think we will see the same thing in the near future.
From a measured move perspective, we could see some bottoming behaviour at around 4.700$, price shooting upwards BEFORE the actual bottom, which could be around 2.600$.
Take it for what it is and make sure to prepare yourself.
I'm going to hold my shorts and take partial profits until we've reached 5.000$.
Once we've reached that level, I'm watching out for some sort of bottoming behavior in order to take some long positions and close them before the final wave down.
Have a nice day & safe trading!
Bottoming
BTC may be cut in half AGAIN from here !I went back and studied the 2014 crash pattern which is eerily similar to the 2018 crash pattern. By looking at the post-crash price ranges of 2014 and doing some simple math I was able to make some similar forecasts for the 2018 pattern.
At the absolute extreme bottom the 2014 price dropped to 15% of it's all time high. $1175 x .15 = $176. Some BTC was sold as low as $162 but very little and only in brief spikes down. So if this held true today then $19891 x .15 = $2,984 or $3,000 to round things off. This would be the absolute bottom of despair prices we could expect to see if things matched up perfectly. Since when is anything perfect?
A more realistic long buying opportunity would most likely come at the .25 point or $5,000 range down to the .20 point or $4,000 range. For the really patient they may be able to hold out and start buying in the $3,500 range should we ever get there.
For me, if this plays out, I will most likely start buying small fractions of BTC under $5K and continue to do so as long as I can improve my price. If this plays out like 2014 we could be sitting on this bottom for a very long time so there will be plenty of opportunities to get in for those WHO ARE STILL INTERESTED and have not completely thrown in the towel. Of course this is only my "general long term plan". What I do then greatly depends on what is going on at that particular time. Maybe we have a flash crash down to the $3K and I throw in my entire wad at one time? Or maybe things slow roll along and I just accumulate a little here, and little there, while waiting for the recovery. It's impossible to say how things will ever play out but I think it's good to have a general idea of what you want to do when you see things unfolding as you anticipate.
BTC still on track for 7k ? or will it Moon?Okay so we care currently bouncing back and forth of two fairly strong trendlines, just recently bouncing perfectly off the top of the new resistance line , making it 3 widely separated touches and confirming the trend line. While we have side=ways movement. we are also pushing into the end of a very large descending wedge pattern, which we have been in for some time, we have yet to have broken either of these main trendlines and actually. we just confirmed both of the above lines at the same time. We should continue this movement slowly moving down until breakout. Now if my original path holds true we will break south until we hit 7920 which is a massive support line and where I have predicted the nest pull back from the current motive wave, which is the 3rd wave in the c wave of the abc correction I predicted. So far we have been pretty much on the money but luck does play a large part in this also because in the end. we are playing for the best probabilities and to be fair a failing wedge is generally a continuation pattern, so if history holds true it should break above and with some considerable movement, dependant on Volume
SO,
Down or Up
A) We are still in a correction until around but the 7k prediction is not set in stone, we must be like water (Thanks Bruce), we must be fluid, ready to change at will.
B) The wedge ends around 8600, which still feels a little high but could possibly be the bottom. So keep a close watch and get ready to scale in your buys if it confirms a break to the north of the wedge, I will. As far as I consider, this wedge is the main game here and if it pushes north, the 7k bottom is a hindsight and it's time to move on.
C) This pattern generally equals a continuation of the early uptrend
D) We have some convergence on the rsi, which indicates a drop in price.
E) STOCH is well over 80, so we are oversold but this can hold for a long while.
F)MACD is well under 0 and has been there for a while
G) all my MA indicators would have me shorting. 5&8 are well below 13&17
H) 200ma is sitting at teh bottom of the wedge, so it should be a devent support but if it breaks, look out.
I) 100 ema is sitting on the top of the wedge and will be a decent risistance.
Your Job, if you choose to take it is to take these variables into consideration and decide for yourself where we are headed but if you are smart and wait for confirmation, it is hard to lose.
Good LUck and Happy Trading. Don't forget me, when you become rich. ;)
Taking Another Stab at RetailersRetailers have been good to me over the last year and a half. It shouldn't come as a surprise that I've found solace in the retail space given my investment style. I like to find best of breeds in the most beaten down industries in the markets. BGFV is one of those. The company has increased nearly all margins over the last three years while increasing ROA, ROE, and ROC.
Detailed post will be coming on the blog this week.
I entered a starting position as price seemed to hold support at this current level. Will be looking to add as long as price advances my way.
As always, let me know if you disagree and let me know what you think I'm not seeing.
Always trying to improve,
Brandon
Investing in Boring BusinessesVLGEA is a boring business. It operates a chain of ShopRite groceries stores across PA, NJ, and MD. The company averages a modest 6% sales growth CAGR and has paid a dividend every year since its inception in 1965. I like investing in boring businesses. Stable, consistent returns on shareholder capital can have tremendous compounding effects.
VLGEA sits on a ton of cash, has stable, consistent free cash flows with an unlevered FCF 10Y CAGR of 29%. Although the company faces stiff competition in an industry that already deals with narrow margins, they have flexibility and potential to get to their intrinsic business value of around $31 - $36/share.
I wrote a blog piece about them where I go into more detail, give it a read here: rockvuecapital.wordpress.com
From a technical standpoint, if the stock can hold at this current support level of 22.50 - 23, I would venture to initiate a starter position with a stop loss right below that support. Any price acceleration from the bottom I would add on to my position.
Please let me know if I missed anything, or if I have any blind spots in my analysis, it really helps!
Thanks,
Brandon
Last wave down?Could this be the last downwards wave for Ethereum and Bitcoin (and all the others) ?
Good news from SEC hearing yesterday seem to promote a soon to come healthy recovery for cryptos and we might soon see the bottom of this quite frustrating bearish movement.
Is my buy zone too low in your opinion? Should I scale it a bit earlier?
Thanks for reading and sharing your pov.
Cheers!
Bitcoin Jan 19 2018 UPDATED WITH EW FIBGoodmorning!
BTC is moving upwards in count 4 of 5 corrective C wave down. expect failure of rally at max 12400.00 whereupon BTC is expected to turn sharply down to complete Wave C correction. Upon forming the expect coming low look for BTC to next start a new structure moving higher solidly. We will need to look for evidence supporting a trend reversal once the current structure completes. A series of higher highs, lower lows and volume response will he key to identification when a solid uptrend is established. Until then I expect this current 4th wave rally to move to possibly as high as 12400 before resuming lower to 8700 and very possibly lower to 6400 fib level.
New Higher Base at .038With the rise in altcoins, XMY took the opportunity to find a new base higher. Community growth and additional exchanges will push this much higher. I will be picking up some more shares at this level.
Litecoin consolidation coming to end!Litecoin has been consolidating for almost a month and looks ready to make it's u pmove again. There is a small little double bottom that has formed that is also a higher low so
all that is needed is to form a higher high and then I think it is ready to attack old highs and then set new highs!
Inverted Bitcoin (BTC) Head & Shoulders (Bottom) Signaled?Inverted Bitcoin (BTC) Head & Shoulders (Bottom) Signaled?
Bottom Tested 3 Times/Confirmed SUPPORT Level
I'm seeing an inverted Head & Shoulders forming with rising volume that at 14,000 could signal the bottom is in and a reversal back up for a New Year's rally in the making. That's what it appears to be doing at this point, and if so, would lift up the whole market like the ocean tide rising in all the rivers. RSI and MACD are moving upwards with lots of space to run. The 50 EMA (50 day moving average) is curling upwards as the volumes are building. All system's go.
In all honesty, I believe a large portion of this move will be because of Bitcoin (BTC) primary infrastructural utility as a conduit for people to move fiat funds into purchase other alt coins, as well as into Wall Street via the CBOE and CME. My favorite alternative currencies are especially Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Stellar (STR/XLM), but also Cardano, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dash and Ripple.
On a somewhat funny side note: There is the lunar trading theory, AKA "Moon Theory", which says a Full Mooon is the best time to buy and New Moon the best time to sell. Last night was Full Moon.
Of course, "this is not financial advice". I'm just sharing my research, thoughts and ideas.
Wishing you all a Happy New Year and
All the very best wishes of luck in your trading ;)
BTCUSD bottoming?Long-tailed undersides of hourly candles point to strong buying for BTCUSD at current levels. And despite its parabolic run, BTC is moving in orderly fashion while other cryptos like BCH make their stellar blast-offs. What a market! On the daily chart, MACD needs to resolve with a new cross-over.
BATBTC 4H Bittrex 27Nov2017 – RSI bull. div, cumulatingBAT is bottomed out against BTC. RSI shows bullish divergence on 4H-8H charts. Expecting break-out. TP1 potentially at 0.000027-0.000029 zone, TP2 0.000034-0.000036 levels. SL at 0.000016 level.
These are my personal views of potential price action. Please trade carefully!
ETH BOTTOMThe FIBO level, the shape of the candle and the posterior candle, sail make it clear that we are in the presence of a bottom.
After a strong fall, within a descending channel, ETH has to change its tendency.
It has two historic and strong resistance to cross.
The target is USD 350.- Being conservative, but I'm sure ETH is being "controlled" some time ago between the 280/300 range.
There are 30% chances of the second scenario.
Greetings and thanks for your time
#Bitcoin - a hope for #bottoming out?On the BTCUSD daily chart the Ichimoku Lagging Span is heating an important support level - the Base Line, and it is closely corresponding to the interaction between the price and the Conversion Line on the weekly chart.
So I expect a rebound from those levels, at least, if not the real bottoming out
Bitcoin/USD - Support seen near 3,300Bitcoin is currently correcting in wave 4.
My preferred count for wave 4 is, that a running triangle is developing. Wave C is currently unfolding and should see support near 3,300 for a rally in wave D closer to 4,378 or slightly above. Before turning lower in wave E to complete wave 4 and setting the stage for a strong rally in wave 5.
The ongoing decline in wave C, should mark the lowest point for the ongoing correction in wave 4.
Looking back at the previous impulsive rallies, we can see that the fifth wave normally extends, if this also is the case this time, then wave 5 could move all the way up to 9,150.
The alternate count for wave 4 is that an expanded flat correction is developing. If this is the case, then the correction in wave 4 should be close to completion for a new impulsive rally in wave 5. Under this count a break directly above 4,980 should be seen. This is my alternate count, but none the less a valid count.
USD/CAD - Wave 1/ is expected to complete near 1.1925USD/CAD has seen a nice impulsive decline from the May high at 1.3794. This impulsive decline is coming to an end near 1.1925 and marks the end of wave 1/ of 3. Once this wave 1/ decline is complete a corrective rally towards the top of wave iv of one lessor degree at 1.2778 is expected.
A rally back to the top of wave four of one lessor degree is a very common corrective target. That doesn't mean that the correction in wave 2/ can't break above here, but more often than not the top of wave four of one lessor degree caps the correction in wave 2/.
Stay positive towards the Loonie, but don't fall in love with it just now.
USD/SGD - Bottom expected near 1.3300USD/SGD - Closing in on strong support near 1.3300
It has been a while since I last updated USD/SGD and as it's close to strong support near 1.3300 it's about time to do so.
USD/SGD saw a nice five wave rally from the August 2011 low at 1.1994 to 1.4546 in January 2017. The following decline from 1.4546 is clearly in three waves and is now closing in on strong support near 1.3300, which should be able to protect the downside for at least a correction and possibly the start of the next impulsive rally to above 1.4546 in wave C.
For now keep you attention towards the downside for a move closer to 1.3300, but don't fall in love with the downside as a major bottom is expected shortly. We are not quite there yet, but we are close.
EOS Close To Bottom - Volume + FundamentalsHi guys,
with BTC all go down. If BTC holds hovering above 4100 USD this could be the very bottom according to price movement measured with a trading volume. There is only one volume indicator on my 3H chart due to restrictions of the platform but I used more and all give the same information - with every other fall in price the volume is falling down too. Also on 1 H chart Easy of Movement signals that EOS is being accumulated. MACD supports the rest of the indicators. That means we could be getting to an end of the sell off, bottoming.
BUT
Momentum is still downwards on 3H chart and there are no buyers right now. This could easily change as there are going to be a few technical conferences and the TEST NET will be launched on September 14+/-. Also the latest sharp decline in price - a climax - is often a sign of a reversing trend. Wait for the confirmation signal - a strong green candle.
This could be a great chance to load up your bags and wait till the end of September. The mood on the market could easily be a very different compare to the last weeks for EOS.
As for China news involved - not a very reasonable believe to sell. EOS don't even have a page in Chinese. Definitely oriented to different markets plus there was a flood of fast and cheap Chinese ICOs lately. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.
Good luck and peace, HODLERS. Patience is the key!
Disclaimer :
Due to its extremely high volatility Trading Cryptocurrency is very challenging. Potentially it can be a profitable opportunity for investors. However, before deciding to participate in the cryptocurrency market, you should carefully consider your investment objectives, level of experience, and risk appetite. Most importantly invest only money you can afford to lose .
GBP/JPY Long opportunity GJ setting up for a good risk/reward long soon, maybe a little too late for it but let's see if we can catch the absolute bottom again with this one.
RSI is improving while the price is dropping (bullish divergence) which indicated the bears are losing steam and the likelihood of a move up has increased. In addition, it appears as if at that price GJ will form a bullish harmonic pattern.
Not really the best pair to trade at the moment (check NZD/USD, or gold) but the opportunity has presented itself.
Enjoy & take care