Chart Of The Day: Bitcoin Could Be Heading To $90,000
Investing.com | Nov 09, 2021 15:39
At time of publication, Bitcoin, which hit a new record high on Tuesday by breaking through the $68,000 level, has retreated. Still, the token continues to trade near its benchmark level, maintaining its rally for now, which has extended into a fourth day.
On Monday alone, Bitcoin surged 6.7%. Over the course of the current four-day rally the cryptocurrency is up 11.4%. Analysts of the asset class are crediting the record breaking gains to a supply squeeze amid growing global interest in cryptocurrencies. The market cap of the entire digital asset class was boosted by the move, exceeding the $3 trillion mark for the first time on Monday, raising the total valuation for the entire cryptocurrency market by more than 280% this year alone.
Whether or not the fundamentals justify the current price action, the recent upmove initiated a technical momentum chain reaction that could take Bitcoin toward $90,000.
Yesterday, Bitcoin completed a bullish pattern when the price formed a possible pennant since the Oct. 20 high, the token's previous all-time high.
A pennant is a continuation pattern that tends to develop after a fast, hot run-up of prices.
While we're not crazy about the congestion before the pennant (green oval), considering the preceding 62% breathtaking rally in just three weeks, we're willing to relax the textbook rules regarding the makeup of a pennant. Also, we might consider the pattern an upward sloping H&S top that blew out, which could force investors to reverse shorts into long positions.
The measuring technique is the difference between a failed H&S top, considered bullish, and the pennant.
According to the requirements for a pennant, if the price action follows through, we might expect the preceding $25,000 move to repeat itself. However, if a technician thinks that the pattern is a failed H&S top, they will expect the following advance to repeat the height of the shortest part of the H&S.
Both measures are from the point of breakout, about $63,500.
If it's an H&S, the price target would be +$6,700, measuring from the Oct. 20 peak to the Nov. 6 low. However, if the analyst believes they're seeing a pennant, they'd measure the rally since the Sept. 9 bottom. That would provide the objective of +$25,000 from the $63,500 breakout.
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Conservative traders should wait for a return move that would retest the support of the pattern.
Moderate traders would wait for the pullback for a better entry if not for confirmation.
Aggressive traders may enter a contrarian position, shorting an expected corrective dip after a record-setting move, but only if they accept the higher risk that comes along with the higher rewards of moving before other traders. A coherent trading plan will separate the traders from the gamblers. Here's an example:
Trade Sample - Contrarian Short Position
- Entry: $68,000
- Stop-Loss: $68,500
- Risk: $500
- Target: $65,000
- Reward: $3,000
- Risk:Reward Ratio: 1:6
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