Bitcoin Analysis: Awaits bearish reversal confirmation
|The bearish divergence on the intraday charts stalled the rally in Bitcoin [BTC] on Tuesday. Prices fell to $3802 before trimming a major part of the losses to end the day with moderate losses at $4175. Currently, the virtual currency is trading around $3980. The upward sloping 5-DMA level of $3956 levels is offering support to the currency.
As per coinmarketcap.com, BTC lost about 7.7% over the last 24 hours. Its rival…Bitcoin Cash [BCC] has lost 2.6% and was last seen trading around $292 levels. Ether is down 2.2% at $286 levels. The total market capitalization of the crypto currencies currently stands at $133 billion.
Technicals
Resistance
$4100 [falling trend line]
$4166 [1-hour 50-MA]
$4424 [record high]
Support
$3896 [1-hour 100-MA]
$3802 [support on 1-hour]
$3700 [upward sloping 10-DMA]
$3563 [4-hour 50-MA]
Daily chart
- Spinning top candle on Tuesday
- Overbought 14-day RSI
4-hour chart
- Rising trend line support intact
- RSI at trend line support
1-hour chart
- Lower highs established - falling trend line
- Bearish RSI divergence and falling tops on RSI
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Tuesday’s spinning top like candle signals the stellar rally appears to have run out of steam.
The bullish reversal would be confirmed if-
- Rising trend line support on the 4-hour chart is breached and the RSI takes out trend line support.
- And more importantly, a weak end of the day close, preferably below $3802 would open doors for a bigger pull back to $3500 levels.
- Moreover, a break below $3802 would establish falling channel/lower highs, lower lows on the 1-hour chart.
On the higher side-
- An Intraday break above the falling trend line hurdle of $4100 would open up upside for a re-test of the record highs around $4420 levels.
- Only an end of the day close above the record highs would signal continuation of the record rally.
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