Bitcoin Cash Chart Analysis: Downside appears compelling amid bearish technical set up

BCH/USD is back to the red zone, in a familiar range on Sunday.
No. 5 coin looks vulnerable amid bearish technical setup.
Hourly RSI pierced 50.00 from above, more losses likely?

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

Bitcoin Cash (BCH/USD) is seeing aggressive selling over the last hour, after having witnessed a volatile session late Saturday. Holiday-thinned trading conditions across the crypto board triggered a $7 rally in the coin in a matter of 15 minutes. The price hit fresh weekly highs at $229.31, in an unusual spike. Saturday. The bulls failed to sustain at higher levels, as the bears appear to fight back control in Sunday’s trading so far. The digital asset has returned to the familiar range around $222, down over 1.30% on a daily basis while on track to book 2.20% weekly gain. The market capitalization for BCH/USD stands at $4.12 billion.

BCH/USD: Hourly chart

The coin is teasing an ascending triangle on the hourly chart this Sunday, with the pattern target of $213 in sight should the price close the hour below rising trendline support of $221.78.

On its way to the said target, BCH/USD bulls could find support near Thursday low of $217.46. The pair remains vulnerable as the hourly Relative Strength Index (RSI) has pierced the 50 midline from above to now trade in the bearish territory at 42.40.

Also, the fifth most favorite coin has slipped below all the major hourly Simple Moving Averages (HMA).

The minor recoveries should meet fresh supply at $222.80, where a cluster of support-turned-resistance of the 200, 100 and 50-HMAs are stacked up. A breakthrough the latter, the price could confront the 21-HMA barrier at $223.70 on its way to retest the 227 level.

BCH/USD: Additional levels to consider

BCH/USD

Overview
Today last price	221.9090
Today Daily Change	-3.4581
Today Daily Change %	-1.53
Today daily open	225.3579

Trends
Daily SMA20	229.9215
Daily SMA50	237.7349
Daily SMA100	237.8158
Daily SMA200	269.5838

Levels
Previous Daily High	229.3149
Previous Daily Low	220.3154
Previous Weekly High	227.3836
Previous Weekly Low	213.3598
Previous Monthly High	269.2895
Previous Monthly Low	204.6275
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	225.8771
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	223.7532
Daily Pivot Point S1	220.6772
Daily Pivot Point S2	215.9966
Daily Pivot Point S3	211.6777
Daily Pivot Point R1	229.6767
Daily Pivot Point R2	233.9956
Daily Pivot Point R3	238.6763

Author

Dhwani Mehta

FXStreet

Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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