Quant / Bitcoin - Time to Pay Attention! @coinselorQuant has been consolidating in an ascending triangle since it started trading. It checks a lot of the conditions I look for before opening a positon with a trend-following strategy.
Once trigger condition is met, I reassess current market volatility to figure out if the risk:reward is favorable to grant opening a trade.
Time to pay close attention.
Coinselor
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) - Trade Update @coinselorI wasn't a big fan of this trade when I entered, but the idea was solid enough to warrant a position.
That said, price action has been rather good for us. Price has bounced off decisively from our entry price. Given my overall outlook on ALTS I expect price to continue much higher.
Again, this is a situation where mi position should have been stopped out given BTC's 40% huge move, but because we mooned right before, this trade held nicely.
Ripple (XRP) - Trade Update @coinselorCompared with what other alts are doing, I am not a big fan of XRP's price action. That said, price has been creeping back up to that critical S/R level at around 3325.
I am extremely proud of being long XRP and not shaken out after such a massive 40% move in BTC. I have a feeling most people got stopped out. The key is entering early after a range breakout. The biggest difficulty with alts is stop placement, you want to be extremely wide given how volatile and hard they wick, but the trade must still make sense from a risk-reward POV.
Zilliqa (ZIL) - 1:5 Trade @coinselorI am not a big fan of waiting for a correction (weakness) when entering a trade by applying a trend-following strategy. I wanna buy strength and sell weakness. Nevertheless, given the overall alt/btc market, it makes sense to wait for a retracement and take this 1 to 5 risk-reward ratio trade.
The reason why I wouldn't enter a position after the initial breakout high is that, as opposed to most other alts, ZIL didn't establish a well defined range before breaking out. The advantage of entering on a range breakout is that automatically that prior range high becomes a strong level of support that protects our stop/entry.
Tierion (TNT) - 1:4.6 Trade @coinselorVery clear breakout from a 400+ days established range. Significant S/R flip. Position opened. Might widen stop a little bit and decrease risk-reward ratio.
I only open long Ethereum Token positions when ETHBTC chart looks good.
BINANCE:TNTBTC
Market Cap:
$27,782,836 USD
3,328 BTC
DubaiCoin (DBIX) - 1:26+ Trade :DThese trades are starting to look like alt season is around the corner. This is a micro-cap with low liquidity, execution skills in order to accumulate a large position are needed. Technically, it formed a rounding bottom around a critical S/R level that shows promise after a new 56-day high.
HITBTC:DBIXBTC
Market Cap:
$478,407 USD
56 BTC
Aelf (ELF) - Trending Towards 0.0001250 @coinselorAfter a clearly define range breakout with a 42-day high, Aelf has been continuing to set new highs every week, setting a nice trend towars a significant 0.0001250 level. A break and consolidation above this level could potentially set up a very nice risk-reward trade.
Volatility has been kept relatively low which would allow for a closer stop level once we reach the red line.
BINANCE:ELFBTC
Market Cap:
$44,402,476 USD
5,555 BTC
Themis (GET) - Spring Capitulation? @coinselorThis is one of the clearest reversal patterns I've encountered so far in any altcoin. Allow me to explain.
First, we were not able to make new all-time lows. This is very significant. It shows the market refusing to even test that price level. Secondly, there was a spring capitulation candle that broke a previous range (doji candles in succession) to the downside. What is critical above this capitulation candle is the volume. Notice the ridiculously low volume, indicating there are very few people willing to sell below this price level.
Really interested in seeing this one play out.
PotCoin (POT) - 4-Month RangePotCoin has been ranging for almost 4 months. Remember my altcoin trading maxim: 'When a range forms, pay attention. When a range breaks, take action.'
The technical picture is so clear when you analyze some of these OG coins.
BITTREX:POTBTC
Market Cap:
$1,445,499 USD
178 BTC
Stealth (XST) - 1:16 OG Trade It is not easy to find an old school gem with price action going back all the way to 2014 that is behaving nicely from a technical perspective. Rounding bottom, breakout with volume and know consolidating above support.
A safer trade would be to place the stop at a new low below red line. The reason for this is the expected volatility increase and the fact that micro caps wick pretty hard once they get going.
BITTREX:XSTBTC
Market Cap:
$2,259,299 USD
271 BTC
BLOCKv (VEE) - Ascending Triangle Forming UP @coinselorTime to pay attention at BLOCKv. It has been forming an ascending triangle for the last 75 days. This is one of the most consistent reversal patterns I see in cryptocurrencies. Additionally, a breakout above this triangle will set up a ridiculously good risk-reward trade.
BITTREX:VEEBTC
Market Cap:
$5,454,500 USD
673 BTC
FANSTIME (FTI) - 1:3.5 Trade @coinselorFanstime just broke out above previous resistance, setting a new 69-day high. As you already knew, I like buying strength and selling weakness. In general, alt coins trend pretty hard. They are either going up or going down. You very rarely see them range. In fact, a ranging alt coin is a sign to pay attention.
This is not the greatest risk reward and volatility is borderline almost too high for my liking. However, this is still a very tradeable idea worth sharing.
HUOBI:FTIBTC
Market Cap:
$2,225,500 USD
274 BTC
Wings (WINGS) - 1:12 Trade @coinselorWings has been setting higher highs and higher lows for the last 3 months. I am looking for this price area to hold as support and consider entering a very nice 1:12 risk-reward ratio trade.
There is a lot of confluence with how the altcoin market has been behaving since mid July.
HITBTC:WINGSBTC
Market Cap:
$3,519,493 USD
439 BTC
FoldingCoin (FLDC) - A perfectly Rounding Bottom @coinselorTalk about a micro cap forming a beautifully technical rounding bottom. Waiting for price to set up a new 69-day high before considering buying. Incredible risk-reward if you are willing to hold this position for a long period of time.
This is a token from a delisted XCP (counterparty) blockchain. Proceed at your own risk.
BITTREX:FLDCBTC
Market Cap:
$325,364 USD
39 BTC
Melon (MLN) - 1:5 Trade @coinselorVery simple setup. Consolidating for 2 months above the most recent low, forming a rounding bottom. New 63-day high breakout signals entry level. Significant S/R level protects our stop.
BITTREX:MLNBTC
Market Cap:
$4,854,377 USD
604 BTC
Ravencoin (RVN) - Range Breakout 1:3 @coinselorThere is a very significant S/R flip occurring in RVN after a weekly rounding bottom. The risk-reward idea is defined between two very significant levels. The amount of alts forming long-term reversal patterns is staggering.
BINANCE:RVNBTC
Market Cap:
$174,202,861 USD
20,276 BTC
ThunderCore (TT) - 1:3.8 TradeThis is a trend-following idea. TT marked a double bottom, broke above resistance and is exhibiting a new 69-day high. Ideally you set up a stop limit order at breakout. But you can also entry at any time during the daily that still fits a similar risk-reward. Great technical placement of stop given current volatility and recent swing low.
HUOBI:TTBTC
Market Cap:
$15,447,945 USD
1,850 BTC
VeChain (VET) 1:5.5 Trade @coinselorI normally would wait for the ascending triangle to break up and then try to look for a trade around the significant S/R being flipped (in this case the grey line). That said, given how the overall alt/btc market is behaving, I feel an entry as soon as we make a new high at 0.00000047 makes a lot more from a risk-reward point of view.
BINANCE:VETBTC
Market Cap:
$205,238,215 USD
24,594 BTC
Request Network (REQ) - 1:8 Trade @coinselorAs it is the theme with most micro caps I've analyzed, we see a long-term rounding bottom and a significant breakout. In this case it was a 90-day breakout. Trying to snipe a buy near the red line will give a very likely 1:3+ trade. If willing to hold for a longer period, a 1 to 8 risk-reward ratio can be achieved.
HUOBI:REQBTC
Market Cap:
$10,710,885 USD
1,284 BTC