{"id":756,"date":"2018-01-04T15:50:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T15:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.futurestechs.co.uk\/blog\/?p=756"},"modified":"2020-02-05T11:18:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T11:18:19","slug":"crypto-charts-a-few-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futurestechs.co.uk\/news\/2018\/01\/04\/crypto-charts-a-few-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto-Charts &#8211; A few thoughts&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in December (the 8th to be precise) I &#8220;broke my silence&#8221; on BitCoin with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.futurestechs.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/12\/08\/time-for-me-to-break-my-silence-on-you-know-it-bitcoin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blog post<\/a>. I compared it to Silver in the 1980s and Tulips in the 1630s! It turned out to be one of the most popular posts I&#8217;ve ever done. That proved one thing to me: That there is a lot of interest in &#8220;Crypto&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The question is &#8220;Why?&#8221; Is it because this is the future? A brave new world? Or is it because people are waiting for the bubble to burst? It could be a bit of both. All I do know is it would be rather remiss of me to just leave it at that. So below is a bunch of charts for 4 of the leading &#8220;Coins&#8221; in the Crypto space at present:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.futurestechs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CRYPTO.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-757\" src=\"http:\/\/www.futurestechs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CRYPTO-1024x586.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.futurestechs.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CRYPTO-1024x586.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.futurestechs.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CRYPTO-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/www.futurestechs.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CRYPTO-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/www.futurestechs.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CRYPTO.png 1560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What do these charts tell us? I will outline some brief thoughts on each individually below, but one thing I would point out as a general observation is that our old friend Mr Fibonacci seems to be having a say, which is obviously more than interesting to a chart nerd like me!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Left: Ethereum (ETH\/USD):<\/strong>\u00a0 400 was a big level, but this is ancient history now as we&#8217;ve just printed 994, with gains seen from 741 already this week. This is starting to look a little &#8220;frothy&#8221;, as BitCoin and LiteCoin were back in December.<\/p>\n<p>Supports: 875, 760, 688, 606, 541.<\/p>\n<p>Resistances: 1000, 1131, 1199, 1409<\/p>\n<p>KEY LEVEL(S):\u00a0 875 and 1000.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top right: BitCoin (BTC\/USD):<\/strong> This spiked up to above $19,000 in December and has since, according to some exchanges, printed $10,400. Quite volatile, then! In recent weeks while some of the other Coins have been heading higher at a pace this has been &#8220;damp&#8221;, almost suggesting to me that there is some sort of &#8220;rotation&#8221; thing happening already in the Crypto-space. Chart-wise 15325-400 is a big area of resistance that is currently weighing. A break of 12470-12500 would target 10180 then 7900.<\/p>\n<p>Supports: 14130, 12500, 10180, 7900<\/p>\n<p>Resistances: 15325-400, 16490, 17070, 19891<\/p>\n<p>KEY LEVEL(S): 15400. Further weakness expected all the time this is above.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bottom Left: Litecoin (LTC\/USD): <\/strong>A bit like BitCoin this one is well and truly &#8220;off the boil&#8221; after December&#8217;s excesses and seems to be losing out to Ethereum and Ripple. 259-60 is capping things for now and all the time this is above we can look for a fresh test of 210 then 161.\u00a0 So retaking 260 is the bulls&#8217; priority.<\/p>\n<p>Supports: 206-10, 199, 161, 144.<\/p>\n<p>Resistances: 260, 287, 321, 380.<\/p>\n<p>KEY LEVEL(S): 260. We expect to see further weakness unless this levle is retaken.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bottom right: Ripple (XRPUSD):<\/strong>\u00a0 This has been the stellar performer since mid-December, trading from 0.24 to 3.17 in that time. Wow! But as I said in my last Blog when things &#8220;go parabolic&#8221; it&#8217;s generally time to bail. This feels like that now. Also I have a Fibonacci target of 3.38&#8230;\u00a0 A return to something resembling &#8220;normal&#8221; (whatever that is!) could see this back to 1.50, where our orange trendline sits. Watch for candles with long upper shadows* as these are a sign of upside rejection.<\/p>\n<p>Supports: 2.70, 2.47, 2.12, 1.75<\/p>\n<p>Resistances: 3.32, 3.38, 3.91, 4.50.<\/p>\n<p>KEY LEVEL(S): 3.38 above, 1.50 below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still undecided whether to add &#8220;Coins&#8221; to my suite of daily reports. In the meantime please have a look around the site and feel free to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.futurestechs.co.uk\/premium_trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">register for a FREE TRIAL<\/a> of our daily service:<\/p>\n<p>*If you want to read up on candlesticks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.futurestechs.co.uk\/book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here&#8217;s a book<\/a> (my book!) that you might find useful!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in December (the 8th to be precise) I &#8220;broke my silence&#8221; on BitCoin with a Blog post. I compared it to Silver in the 1980s and Tulips in the 1630s! It turned out to be one of the most popular posts I&#8217;ve ever done. 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