Bitcoin – A Quick Technical Read

So the last time, I tried to seriously interpret BTC action in a public setting was 2017.  Right before BTC decided to offer speculators a nifty little 10x return in less than a year.  And I was not on the right side of that 10x.

Like many, I’ve significantly increased my education in the blockchain.  I see and agree with the future of the potential.  Not necessarily in agreement with the anarcho techno-extremists, but clearly an enormous amount of innovation in the space is going to go mainstream in the coming years.  It’s like Pandora’s Box.  Can’t be closed again.

Because of it’s ability to attract those looking for an easy score coupled with everyone being a “Market Wizard” thanks to the internet (including A-holes like me), some action appears to be setting up in BTC.  Observe.

BTC Weekly (7-16-2021)

Or maybe it’s a “vomiting camel.”  Look at the most current weekly candle on the right of the chart.  See how it’s breaking down through the shoulder-line.  I suspect that cheap bit of technical analysis will cause a relatively quick descent into the $20k area; anywhere between $21k and $29k.

This will be the result of whales and algos drawing in the suckers, who arrived to the party far too late, to puke.  I hypothesize, with zero quantitative support, that the $20k-ish price range in the gold oval above will draw in big money establishing a floor for the next move in BTC.

And I believe these moves will be hard and fast.  A consolidation could then occur allowing time for new positioning, but I don’t think BTC goes sub-$20k.

This will in turn cause a selloff in all crypto-assets.  And I think Ethereum could get sold off all the way down to $1200 but probably find strong support at $1400.  Institutional support for the future of smart-contract based applications may set the floor at that $1200 to $1400 range in ETH.

Headlines from a few days ago like the following help to anecdotally support the thesis.

Coindesk Lead AM Article (7-13-2021)

That bullish analyst quoted in the article was Kate Stockton of Fairlead Strategies.  Have a read of her bio.  About as accomplished as you can get for being a chartist.

Katie Stocktcon - Fairlead Strategies

I can only trade my beliefs about the markets within the edge that I’ve cultivated.  I don’t see a bullish breakout yet.  I see a falsely bearish breakdown, consolidation, and the beginning of the next leg of the advance.  Handicapping future outcomes ain’t easy and trading imaginary patterns is typically a fast way to Lossville, so the price action is always the final arbiter.

Diamond hands and laser eyes aside, if you got some play-money then a better buying opportunity may well be on its way in cryptos.

Bitcoined to Death

September 2nd, 2017 Update:  Depending on when you read this for the first time, how ignorant do I sound as of today with Bitcoin having doubled from the original publishing date of this article?  Not to mention, all the other ICOs since then that are minting millionaires.  My knowledge and experience say this is one of the ultimate bubbles in history.  My brain and heart tell me to make hay while the sun shines.  My ego just calls me a jerk for continuing to miss out.

Have you had enough of Bitcoin and the awe-inspiring wonder of all things blockchain yet?  The blockchain not only cures cancer and AIDS but can make you fly…like Superman.  That’s the hyperbole surrounding cryptos.

“If only I’d just bought 10 bitcoins in 2009!”  Boo hoo.  So you didn’t get rich on Bitcoin.  You probably didn’t get rich on real estate in 2005 or tech stocks in 1999.  The investment world keeps turning.

Never invested in Bitcoin or Ethereum for that matter.  Maybe that makes my opinion irrelevant.

I have read a lot about cryptocurrencies though, specifically Bitcoin.  I missed that train along with the majority of people in the world.  I just can’t wrap my mind around something that isn’t universally accepted that has to be traded on potentially questionable exchanges where competing investments keep cropping up to defeat and dilute the entire concept of the limited-money.  Maybe I just don’t get it.

I do know that blockchain technology will stand the test of time.  The current crypto brands?  I’m not so sure.

My prediction, some sort of scandal or several will avail themselves quite soon causing a sell-off in Bitcoin.  It doesn’t matter whether it’s serious account-hacking somehow or exchange scams, because this sort of pricing will bring out the most intelligent criminals in the world.  And this latest maniacal move up will be entirely erased.  Hope I’m wrong.  Honestly.

Bitcoin YChart (5-28-2017)

Ever ridden the The Dragster at Cedar Point?  Bitcoin owners may be about to experience their own thrill-ride.

                      The Dragster - Cedar Point

If you haven’t hopped on the crypto-train yet and you feel the need to invest in one of the “currencies” in the current price environment, then by all means, indulge.  But consider having a read of these two articles.  One shares the opinion of an experienced player, the other about just one illicit way in which to have your profits harvested from you.

1. http://themacrotourist.com//macro/my-great-bitcoin-bungle

2. https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2016/12/20/hackers-have-stolen-millions-of-dollars-in-bitcoin-using-only-phone-numbers/#38bad65438ba

To current owners, I wish you well.