CarbiArbittrage

BTC 1Hr - Trad, EMA, BB, VPSV, RSI +

BITFINEX:BTCUSD   Bitcoin
Overall Summary:

Overall the last 24 hours (15th of January) were bearish and I am neutral for the next 24 hrs.

Detailed Summary:

This chart uses 1 hour Traditional Candlestick chart, Volume Profile Visible Ranges, Bollinger Bands, 4 EMAs (9/15/21/55), RSI & MACD.

Traditional candlesticks charts is the most popular charting pattern. It is great for shorter time frame trading, such as day trading, and for identifying exit/entry for longer term trades. The candlestick patterns are determined by the OHLC (Open High Low Close) unlike Heikin Ashi candlesticks with are ‘averaged out’. This means that there is a lot more price action in the chart and traders can enter/exit trend changes earlier than other more trend based charting styles.

During the last day the price has ranged by $150, opening at $3746 and closing at $3644. The price has decreased/consolidated over the period which is a continuation of the long term price trend. The most important charting pattern during this period was the shooting star that occured at 3:00 and the large bearish engulfing candle that occurred at 22:00.

Exponential Moving Average are also used on this chart to help identify major areas of S&R and general price trend action. I prefer to use simple Exponential Moving Averages on the hourly time frame. The 55 MA is red, the 21 MA is orange, the 15 MA is yellow and the 9 MA is green. The choice of colours helps me to read the chart and see if price action is bullish or bearish. For example, if the red is on top and the green is on the bottom, it is clearly bullish. It is also important to note that the longer the Exponential Moving Average period, the stronger the support and resistance.

During the last day the price is closest to the 9 Moving Average and during this period it has trended around the 55 Moving Average. The 55 Moving Average is currently acting as resistance while the 55 Moving Average is acting as support. The key Support area is $3300 and key Resistance areas is $3686. I forecast in the next day that price will not test the next resistance area.

Bollinger Bands are the two blue bands that ‘wrap’ around the security’s price. The top and bottom are two standard deviations away from the Moving Average. If the market becomes more volatile, the bands widen and vice versa. Historically 90% of the price action occurs with the Bollinger Bands, as the price oscillates around an equilibrium. There it helps us identify where the price is in the oscillating cycle so that we can identify entry/exit points and major price changes (on the 10% chance when price breaks through the Bolling Bands).

During the last day the Bollinger Bands have contracted by $136 from $272 to $136. The decrease in the Bollinger Bands width was due to decreased price volatility during the day. The wicks broke through the upper band on 0 hourly candles, lower band on 9 hourly candles and stayed within the bands on 15 hourly candles. I forecast in the next day that the Bollinger Bands will consolidate and overall trend is bearish.

Volume is a key indicator that I use to understand past, current and possibly future price action. Unfortunately a majority of the exchange volume is fake ‘wash’ trading so it is important to rely on data from reliable exchanges like Binance and BitFinex. Volume that supports price recent action helps strengthen my belief in a specific trend.

During this period volume has consolidated in convergence with the recent price action. On a longer term time frame, the volume is below the 20 MA volume line. I forecast in the next day that the volume will consolidate and this will support a consolidation of price.

Volume Profile Session Volume (VPSV) indicator show volume by price as a horizontal histogram for each 24 hour period. This provides additional insight over traditional volume indicators that are only based on time. By clearly seeing what volume occurred at specific price levels, I can more easily identify key areas of S&R. Two key things to identify are the: POC (Point of Control) which is the price level with the highest volume for a specific period, and the VA (Value Area) which is where 70% of the volume occurred. While VAH (Value Area High) and VAL (Value Area Low) are also worth noting.

During the period the VPSV POC was at 3725 and the VA occurred between 3753 and 3704. Overall, the volume profile is bearish and is in convergence with recent price action.

The RSI is a popular momentum based oscillator that helps us identify what stage in the security’s oscillation cycle it is most likely at. So after identifying the key market trend we can then apply the RSI to forecast future moves in price action (in terms of velocity and magnitude). This indicator is useful determining entry and exit points, for trend traders like myself, it is used on longer time frames as it is much more reliable. Most of the significant price action occurs around the 30 and 70 areas and ideally what we are looking for is divergence between the price action and the RSI.

During the period the RSI decreased by 33, from 67 to 34 and it is in convergence with the recent price action. It has demonstrated a bearish failure swing is when the RSI rises above 70 (considered overbought), RSI drops back below 70 then RSI rises slightly but remains below 70 (remains below overbought) and finally RSI drops lower than its previous low. I forecast in the next day that the RSI will increase and this indicates a increase of price.

The MACD is a popular trend following momentum indicator that can help identify a security’s momentum, trend direction and duration. is a popular trend momentum indicator that can show us a security's overall trend. The core assumption of this indicator is that a security’s price oscillates around an equilibrium. Therefore by looking at the relationship between different MA calculations, we can identify what specific stage a security maybe of it oscillation cycle. This is why we have two lines, the first is called the MACD (26 - 12 MA) and the second is called a Signal line (9 MA). We also have a Histogram (MACD-Signal Line), which is the 1st thing I look at. Finally there is the Zero line, which is basically when the 26 and the 12 MA are equal. The MACD , that combines several indicators, is worth watching when one or more of the following happens: crossovers (MACD/Signal/Histogram and Zero line), convergences/divergences between price and rapid changes.

During this period the MACD has decreased in convergence with the recent price action. The MACD line crossed below the Signal line at 6:00 which was a bearish trend in convergence with the price action. The MACD line crossed below the Zero line at 22:00 which was a bearish trend in convergence with the price action. The histogram crossed above the Zero line at 6:00 which was a bearish trend in convergence with the price action. I forecast in the next day that the MACD will increase over the next day and this indicates increase of price.

References:
Candlestick Chart summary - www.investopedia.com...ms/c/candlestick.asp
Moving Average summary - www.investopedia.com.../m/movingaverage.asp
Support and Resistance summary - www.investopedia.com...d-resistance-basics/
Volume Profiles summary - www.investopedia.com.../p/pricebyvolume.asp
Bollinger Bands summary - www.investopedia.com...b/bollingerbands.asp
Fake exchange volume summary - www.blockchaintransparency.org/
RSI summary - www.investopedia.com/terms/r/rsi.asp
MACD concise summary - www.investopedia.com/terms/m/macd.asp

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