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Litecoin/Bitcoin: Cup and Handle Or Double TopCurrently, Litecoin/Bitcoin looks like it could either be a cup and handle or a double top, in this idea, I will represent both possibilities.
The Cup and Handle:
In yellow, the cup and handle can be seen with the resistance at 17752 satoshis, it has a price objective of approximately 24908 satoshis derived by measuring the height of the cup. The to the handle resistance and the handle is noted by the yellow diagonal line. Although this looks very similar to a cup and handle pattern, this has strong reason not to be: first , the volume is highest at the bottom of the cup, where in a standard cup and handle, the volume is suppose to decrease as price decreases this is circled in light blue. Since volume is such an important factor to determining patterns, in most situations I would then assume the pattern is not valid, however, Litecoin has been one of the strongest cryptos so its possible for it to retest the neckline.
The Double top:
The bearish situations are represented by the purple lines, and it can follow the appropriate direction by retesting the resistance of the cup and handle by failing to cross it or it can drop from this point on. The volume better fits this, because there was a large rejection on the right side (the second attempt to drive through the high). However, it is also important to note that this is near historical resistance.
Given that there is bullish news, it is possible that Litecoin will see the rally of the cup and handle, as for the moment, I am neutral on both outcomes. In addition, it is possible that this is a harmonic pattern, however, harmonic patterns are something that I need more time to develop.
Is ETH preparing for another big move?It looks like ETH is building a symmetrical triangle before (hopefully) moving on to higher ground. We're seeing higher lows and lower highs, all on decreasing volume. The height of the flag pole is approximately $45 so if there is a breakout on higher volume we can expect the price to climb $45 from its breakout point.
There was another symmetrical triangle back in Sept-Oct 2018. Since that triangle didn't breakdown until it got all the way to vertex we can treat that level as pretty strong resistance. ETH will probably see some turbulence in the $200 to $210 range
US OIL 1 Day & 4 HR - Head & Shoulder Bottom Secondary BreakoutAbout a month ago we took a look at US Oil & identified a classic reversal pattern called a head & shoulders bottom. We predicted a breakout from this level, however, there was a previous level of structure slightly above the neckline that I thought would be tested first. After nearly a month of consolidation, we've finally violated that level which allows me to predict a continuation higher.
Two extension levels that I have on my radar are the $59.50's level which hosts both a 50% Fibonacci retracement & a 127.2 extension. And the $64 even handle where we have confluence between the 61.8 retracement & the 161.8 extensions.
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BTCUSD: Best Fit Ascending Triangle Suggests ContinuationA best fit ascending triangle and volume suggests that we will see some continuation; beware, trading this pattern carries a high risk of fakeouts wait for volume to confirm and set tight stops. (Entertainment Only)
On a personal note, I have updated my current entry/exits and no trade zones.
Dollar crawling up to face monthly resistanceMonthly chart of Dollar index suggesting further upside. DXY bounced off 0.5 Fib with precision, broke 0.382 and now closed above 0.236 with a strong weekly candle. Retest of 102-103.5 is imminent in my view.
* Consider US stock market topping behavior as of late, strong dollar would push stocks and commodities under more pressure.
Although this is temporary knowing that falling US Stock market would force FED to cut interest rates sharply.. Inflation kicks in and dollar tanks to Great recession lows.
GBPJPY - Long - Daily Chart - MACD Continuation TradeEntering on a bullish MACD cross while ABOVE zero-line , signaling bullish continuation.
Note that I use MACD ONLY for continuation and do not attempt to find reversals using the MACD as I do not find it to be very accurate in FX
Trade is on the daily timeframe and has a 1 ATR stoploss (148 pips), 1ATR target 1 where I take 50% of my position off and move stop to breakeven, then I use a trailing stop following the other 50% of my position setting my stop at the low of each subsequent daily candle that continues higher. These trades can take many days to play out and I often hold over the weekends, do not take this trade if you struggle to control your risk or are uncomfortable holding for weeks at a time.
I expect this setup to go against me over the next few days as this was already a strong move up and may need to cool off for a day or 2, I expect to hit profit targets sometime next week but don't trade based on time.
It is also important to note that I normally allocate up to 1.5% account risk on continuation trades however I do not risk over 1% when I trade GBP (due to the fundamentals around Brexit). A similar trade to this could also be expressed by shorting EURGBP although that pair has not made a signal on the indicators yet and is most dramatically news driven.
The historical probability of MACD continuations on the top 20 fx pairs (with my 1ATR parameters) is around 68%, please perform your own backtesting of this strategy as you can achieve higher or lower probability results using different stop losses and profit targets.
Best of luck traders.
BTCUSD: Longest Time Above Upper KC Band Since Nov. (Reversal?)As we can see from the Keltner channels, we are getting the strongest strong sell signal, a GTFO signal if you will, in almost three months. As I have said before, unless this is a true breakout bringing us above the $4,000 mark, I believe a strong reversal is incoming and we are entering into a no-trade zone, IMO, soon either way. (Successful trade marked) (Entertainment Only!!!)
BTCUSD: Bull flag has hit its target; downside to come?It seems that my initial prediction (brown line) seems to be the most accurate; this rise mimics the last move in size and percentage gained with the main difference being that it happened a bit faster. The more important thing to look at is whether or not that there will be a continuation of this move thus breakingout (which volume supports); by doing so, a bullish breakout would be beating the odds of the continuation pattern. (Entertainment Only)
US 2YTNOTE TRADE SETUPAfter making a new bullish impulse have of the last month and a half we have settled down and formed a corrective wave. This corrective wave has formed a falling wedge pattern and we broke out. Look for a rise in Bond prices.
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ETH short term downtrend continuationIn coorelation to BTC, LTC, XRP and XLM, there is a significant downtrend. As shown on the chart, the two continuation candles show selling pressure. The two candles also bounced at support/resistance lines, which made them important.
In addition, there is a descending triangle looking to break downwards. Targets are indicated by the yellow arrows.
GBPJPY D1- Continue Rectangle or Bullish Dragon Pattern?GBPJPY D1- Continue Rectangle or Bullish Dragon Pattern?
Currency Pair: GBP.JPY
Time Frame: Daily
Predicted Direction: Neutral
- Price bounced several times within PCZ
Entry:
I will open Sell if the price will make breakdown of @138.74 (SL = @141.41, TP = @130.59)
I will open Buy if the price will make breakout of @141.41 (SL = @138.74, TP = @148.73)
GBP.JPY updates will be available in the comments section below.
The brief trade analysis presented above is my predicted direction and requires multiple different indicators and confluence factors prior to validating a trade opportunity.
[ETHUSD] Descending Triangle Short Potential $75 TargetETH is back at it again. The small relief rallies we have seen off of the massive drop, all the way down to the low $80s, have started to become confirmation points for forming an upper bound of yet another descending triangle pattern. As you can tell in the chart, every rally has been stuffed off of the 100 ema (orange line), and while the bulls have mustered significant volume they cannot manage to hold any ground they have gained. The large hourly green candle with the spike of 84 to the 104 wick was a strong attempt from the bulls to regain control over the market. Unfortunately this candle wasn't met with additional buying volume and we can see the resulting negative price consolidation that followed. The bulls really needed to rally around that spike if they wanted the chance to continue driving the price up.
Unfortunately it looks like the bulls are just running out of steam to continue pushing a bullish trend. The 100 ema is a huge point of resistance. As we can see here the 100 ema is starting to coincide with the formation of the upperbound of a potential descending triangle.
A descending triangle pattern is a clear continuation pattern which, if confirmed, would suggest that ETH has further to fall before we can look for a solid bottom to start a long-term rally.
I am hoping to see another pump up to test the 100 ema resistance, this is where my target entry is for short positions. Entries on resistance have been very lucrative in the past as the bulls just cannot seem to gather enough strength to break these resistance points.
Suggest entries from 91+ up until 96, looking at movements above 95 as potential signals for bullish momentum and a denial of this pattern.
If this pattern is confirmed and ETH breaks the lower bound then we could expect ETH to test its annual low of $81 and below. A break below 81 would mean we have chewed up support (from May 2017 timeline) and could see ETH cruise on down to 75 or lower.
**This is educational advice, your investment decisions are up to your own discretion and risk tolerance. Do your own research and trade safe.**
Happy trading mates!