Bitcoin & Ethereum Price Action: How Much More Downside?

Bitcoin, BTC/USD, Ethereum, ETH/USD – Technical Outlook:

• Bitcoin and Ethereum have pulled again not too long ago from sturdy resistance.
• BTC/USD and ETH/USD have loads of help, doubtless limiting the draw back.
• What are the important thing ranges to look at?

Bitcoin and Ethereum have fallen sharply over the previous couple of weeks, and chances are high cryptocurrencies may decline additional within the close to time period. However, it might be untimely to imagine that the multi-week-long rebound is over.

BITCOIN

Bitcoin has pulled again sharply from close to key resistance space: the May 2022 excessive of 32375, and an uptrend line from January, coinciding with the 89-week shifting common – a danger highlighted within the earlier replace. See “Bitcoin Crosses the Key $30000 Mark: Will it Sustain?”, printed April 11.

BTC/USD 240-minute Chart

Chart Created by Manish Jaradi Using TradingView

Note: In the above colour-coded chart, Blue candles characterize a Bullish section. Red candles characterize a Bearish section. Grey candles function Consolidation phases (inside a Bullish or a Bearish section), however typically they have a tendency to kind on the finish of a pattern. Note: Candle colours usually are not predictive – they merely state what the present pattern is. Indeed, the candle shade can change within the subsequent bar. False patterns can happen across the 200-period shifting common, or round a help/resistance and/or in sideways/uneven market. The creator doesn’t assure the accuracy of the knowledge. Past efficiency is just not indicative of future efficiency. Users of the knowledge achieve this at their very own danger.

The upward strain has eased considerably following the drop beneath help on the end-March excessive of round 29000. This is additional bolstered by the colour-coded candlestick charts, based mostly on pattern/momentum indicators, on the 240-minute charts –BTC/USD has entered a bearish section within the intraday timeframe.

BTC/USD Daily Chart

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The downward momentum may push BTC/USD towards preliminary help on the end-March low of 26525. Beyond that, additional draw back could possibly be restricted given loads of cushions: the 89-day shifting common and the decrease fringe of the Ichimoku cloud on the every day charts, close to the February highs of 24250-25250.

ETH/USD Daily Chart

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Note: In the above colour-coded chart, Blue candles characterize a Bullish section. Red candles characterize a Bearish section. Grey candles function Consolidation phases (inside a Bullish or a Bearish section), however typically they have a tendency to kind on the finish of a pattern. Note: Candle colours usually are not predictive – they merely state what the present pattern is. Indeed, the candle shade can change within the subsequent bar. False patterns can happen across the 200-period shifting common, or round a help/resistance and/or in sideways/uneven market. The creator doesn’t assure the accuracy of the knowledge. Past efficiency is just not indicative of future efficiency. Users of the knowledge achieve this at their very own danger.

Notwithstanding the current retreat, the broader pattern stays up on the every day charts – a pattern that has been prevalent since January – see “Bitcoin Technical Outlook: BTC/USD Turns Bullish”, printed January 18. Hence, for the five-month-long uptrend to reverse, BTC/USD would wish to fall beneath sturdy help on the March low of 19540.

ETHEREUM

The technical posture in ETH/USD is comparable – bullish on the every day charts, because the colour-coded candlestick charts present. Ethereum has pulled again from a reasonably sturdy ceiling on the August excessive of 2030.

ETH/USD Daily Chart

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Still, there’s a sturdy converged cushion on the 89-day shifting common, the decrease fringe of the Ichimoku cloud on the every day chart, and a horizontal trendline from February at about 1715. Unless ETH/USD falls beneath the 1350-1500 space, together with the 200-day shifting common and the March low, the broader pattern continues to be up.

— Written by Manish Jaradi, Strategist for DailyFX.com

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