Ethereum leading the way and showing Altcoin strength could pave the way for some serious pumpage
Technical Tuesdays
- Bitcoin/USD – Bull Run Over or Buy the Dip?
- Ethereum/USD – ETH Leading the Way
- Ethereum/Bitcoin – ETH/BTC Showing Altcoin Strength
Bitcoin/USD
BTC Daily Chart
https://www.tradingview.com/x/b5Zgn3AJ/
BTC Weekly Chart
https://www.tradingview.com/x/PiMJsp3M/
In last week’s article we talked about the Bitcoin monthly close and how important it was for Bitcoin to close over the $58.8k level. That resistance level was never reclaimed and because of the failed breakout, Bitcoin’s price decreased from about twenty percent from a high of $53.8K to $42.3k in a single day. BTC/USD price has since recovered to a price of about $51k at the time of writing. Since the Bitcoin nuke, there has been a lot of talk about if the bull market is still in full swing or if we are in the beginning stages of the next bear market. While nobody is 100% sure of what will happen, I recommend playing this market level by level.
Bitcoin Bull Scenario
Bitcoin maintains support over at least $50k must hold area where it currently is and then reclaims the $53k level next.
Bitcoin Bear Scenario
Bitcoin loses the daily support level of $50k, and then we look for the $46k level to hold. In my opinion, $50k is a very important must-hold area for bulls to remain in control.
Ethereum/USD
ETH Daily Chart
https://www.tradingview.com/x/QWHiIDTS/
ETH Weekly Chart
https://www.tradingview.com/x/j6HWBKby/
While Bitcoin’s price nuke did affect Ethereum’s price, Ethereum was able to recover from the lows a lot faster than Bitcoin, and the king of altcoins has been leading the way. ETH/USD fell to the daily support level of $3.6k before recovering back to its weekly support at $4k. At the time of writing, Ethereum is priced at about $4.3k. The price action that ETH is showing and the way that it has recovered from the nuke is a hint that the market will be more altcoin focused in the coming weeks in my opinion.
Ethereum Bull Scenario
Ethereum reclaims the $4.3k level on the daily time frame and then pushes for new ATH’s.
Ethereum Bear Scenario
Ethereum loses the $4.3k level and the next level that I would anticipate as support would be the $4k level.
Ethereum/Bitcoin
ETH/BTC Daily Chart
https://www.tradingview.com/x/iyj1XBbv/
ETH/BTC Weekly Chart
https://www.tradingview.com/x/hNRYxK2T/
As we discussed in some of our previous articles in the past, ETH/BTC tends to be a great indicator for altcoin strength. I thought it was particularly important to mention this chart this week because of the range that ETH/BTC is currently attempting to break out of. Since May of this year, the pair has been stuck in a range low of 0.06 – 0.08. If ETH/BTC can manage to break and hold over the level of 0.085 where it currently is, the next logical target is 0.10 BTC, and I would expect a huge increase in ETH price and the rest of the altcoin market.
ETH/BTC Bull Scenario
Ethereum maintains over the 0.079 BTC level on the daily time frame and then turns the 0.085 BTC resistance into support on a weekly closing basis.
ETH/BTC Bear Scenario
Ethereum loses the 0.079 level and the next level that I would anticipate as support would be the 0.068 level.