Just as Planned Last week's chartbook (advising a pullback as the highest probability setup) occurred as planned. Markets retraced sharply on April, 11th. The reversal signal also manifested with a candlestick "hammer" (bullish reversal) formation the following day (April 12th). Just [...]
Pullback Opportunity? Shortly after our last weekly chartbook's warning not to short the weekly resistance zone, we had the breakout into the weekly gap suction above $4,200 BTC/USDT. If you didn't catch the initial thrust move, there is still pullback [...]
Measuring Strength When do moves get faded? Is a move valid? Are retracements to be expected? Can I still wait for an entry? How far will this retracement go? These are typical questions market participants constantly ask themselves. But what are [...]
Quiet and steady Bitcoin (Bitcoin/TetherUS) has advanced from 3,349 (truly 3,156) to 4,198 USDT (currently to 3,985 USDT at the time of composing this article). That's a 33 percent increase. Nevertheless since prices advanced in an up-creep fashion, quiet and [...]
Phase 3 Timing of entries is very important to allow for less risk in regards to stop size. It is in "Phase 3" (= the end segment) of bottom or top building markets, where one can find the highest density [...]
Early bird... Early bird catches the worm... The question is, where are the opportunities? For the last two weeks, the market has been creeping upward (1) in a tight, narrow 280 point range. This sideways movement is further supported by [...]
Bitcoin Bottom Building For one week, bulls have been defending the 3,800 USD value area with success. But on March 4th they had to give way to the constant pressure. Prices fell quickly to the 3,700 USD level. These extended [...]
Seeing clearly - Now! Speculators naturally ask themselves questions about the market. But what are the right questions to ask though? Most speculators loose consistently money based on just that factor alone. Asking "where is the low", and this most [...]
Bitcoin - portfolio add on strategy Many ways lead to Rome (may be a few less, when it comes to market participation). One such way is a portfolio add on strategy we employ to support an existing portfolio holding. We [...]
Bitcoin - "What now"? After an initial thrust move has happened, this is the classical question most traders ask themselves. Reactionary trading is just that - the uncertainty of price directional change partially gone, but a low risk entry point vanished [...]
