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Litecoin Technical Analysis: LTC/USD recovers from a massive 56% flash crash on Bitstamp

  • LTC/USD has been trading sideways for the past week.
  • The digital asset dropped to $20 within one minute and recovered in the next. 
  • The drop was felt on most exchanges but it was only deep on Bitstamp.

Litecoin has been trading sideways for quite some time like the rest of the cryptocurrency market. The digital asset started trading at $46.5 today on June 9 and reached a high of $46.88 right before the massive flash crash that took it down to $20. 

The move only lasted two minutes and Litecoin recovered to its original price. The cause of this massive crash was most likely someone selling a big amount of Litecoin destroying the order book on Bitstamp. The move was notable enough to move LTC/USD on other exchanges as well. 

LTC/USD daily chart

LTCUSD

The daily chart of Litecoin looks quite ridiculous on Bitstamp after the flash crash which took out basically all the support levels set during the pandemic. Ignoring the recent event, Litecoin is still trading sideways but defending the daily 12-EMA, currently at $46.23. Litecoin also seems to be inside a daily equilibrium pattern.

LTC/USD technical levels

LTC/USD

Overview
Today last price46.1462
Today Daily Change-0.3265
Today Daily Change %-0.70
Today daily open46.4727
 
Trends
Daily SMA2045.2159
Daily SMA5044.9691
Daily SMA10044.2378
Daily SMA20049.617
 
Levels
Previous Daily High46.7569
Previous Daily Low45.9868
Previous Weekly High49.9214
Previous Weekly Low44.5477
Previous Monthly High50.0012
Previous Monthly Low39.3673
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%46.281
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%46.4627
Daily Pivot Point S146.054
Daily Pivot Point S245.6353
Daily Pivot Point S345.2839
Daily Pivot Point R146.8241
Daily Pivot Point R247.1756
Daily Pivot Point R347.5942

Author

Lorenzo Stroe

Lorenzo Stroe

Independent Analyst

Lorenzo is an experienced Technical Analyst and Content Writer who has been working in the cryptocurrency industry since 2012. He also has a passion for trading.

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