Cosmos investors save the day as markets navigate through a geopolitical minefield

Cosmos (ATOM) price action saw a sharp rejection at a short-term level marked up at $27.63. With that rejection, ATOM has lost 15% of its value but is already paring back losses as markets shift towards risk-on as investors analyse the situation in Ukraine's Donbass as not as precarious as previously thought. Expect to see pop back above the green ascending trend line, making this a false breakout, and then a return to or above $27.63, erasing the complete loss from Monday.

ATOM price shows resilience and could pair back the complete Monday loss

Cosmos price action lost around 15% of value in the market turmoil from Monday after Putin signed decrees to recognize two regions as independent and create an incentive to enter the region with military force under a humanitarian declaration. But for now, there has been no sharp increase in military movement or a significant escalation of violence in the region. That, together with Putin repeatedly saying he wants to keep talking, has led investors to look beyond the short-term impact and trust that this situation will be resolved relatively peacefully.

ATOM is thus a steal at current levels and should only see more investors jump on price action, creating a false breakout and seeing ATOM re-enter space above the green ascending trend line. That would be a perfect bear trap, and see the Relative Strength Index walk away from the oversold area towards more moderate levels around 50. There is plenty of room thus for bulls to navigate price action in ATOM back to $27.63, where the sell-off started on Monday.

ATOM/USD daily chart

Technically the green ascending trend line could create resistance with a firm rejection. Cosmos price action would then collapse as bears gain control of the price action and push price action towards the $22.00 intermediary before going for that final cut towards $20.07 – the low of December 2021 and the monthly S1 support level just above $20.50. This double barrier should catch any falling knives and refrain ATOM from dropping towards $16.42.