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Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin and Ripple Daily Analysis – 05/07/18

By:
Bob Mason
Published: Jul 5, 2018, 06:30 UTC

It's a mixed start to the day for the majors, with the moves through the first half of the week leaving investors looking for direction, key levels no needing to be hit for the bullish trend to form.

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Bitcoin Cash Holds On

Bitcoin Cash gained 0.86% on Wednesday, partially reversing Tuesday’s 3.29% fall, to end the day at $761.9.

Bitcoin Cash fell to an early intraday low $738.1 before recovering to $750 levels, with Bitcoin Cash managing to avoid the first major support level at $727.23.

A late morning rally saw Bitcoin Cash break through the day’s first major resistance level at $807.43 to an intraday high $811.3 before easing back, with a late in the day sell-off seeing Bitcoin Cash back at $760 levels.

At the time of writing, Bitcoin Cash was down 0.26% to $761.5, with an early pullback seeing Bitcoin Cash fall to a morning low $752.1, before recovering. The rest of the morning seeing Bitcoin Cash lack direction, the day’s first major support and resistance levels left untested early on.

For the day ahead, a move back through $770.43 would support a run at $800 levels and the day’s first major resistance level at $802.77, with sentiment across the broader market needing to improve for Bitcoin Cash to hold on to $800 levels by the day’s end, Bitcoin Cash having failed to hold on for the last 2-days.

Failure to move through to $800 levels could see Bitcoin Cash take a hit later in the day, with the day’s first major support level at $729.57 in play, while we would expect Bitcoin Cash to avoid testing sub-$700 support levels, barring materially negative news hitting the wires.

BCH/USD 05/07/18 4-Hourly Chart

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Litecoin Steadies

Litecoin gained 0.46% on Wednesday, reversing Tuesday’s 0.34% fall, to end the day at $85.17.

A start of the day pullback from an overnight sell-off on Tuesday, saw Litecoin fall to an intraday low $83.51 early on, while Litecoin managed to avoid the day’s first major support level at $82.79.

Following the broader market, a morning rally saw Litecoin move through the day’s first major resistance level at $88.79 to an intraday high $89 before pulling back to $86 levels, resistance at $90 pinning Litecoin back from a more material gain on the day.

An end of day sell-off saw Litecoin slide back to $85 levels, with the failure to move back through to $90 levels to take a run at the 23.6% FIB Retracement Level of $98 continuing to support the extended bearish trend.

At the time of writing, Litecoin was down 0.53% to $84.95, with Litecoin recovering from a start of the day low $84.16 to a morning high $86.81 before easing back to sub-$85 levels, the early moves leaving the day’s major support and resistance levels left untested.

For the day ahead, a move back through the morning high $86.81 would support a run at the first major support level at $88.4, with $90 levels in play should sentiment improve across the market, though we would expect $90 to continue to be the key resistance level of the day.

Failure to test the first major resistance level at $88.4 could see Litecoin pullback later in the day to bring the day’s first major support level at $82.91 into play, with sub-$80 support levels in play should the market experience a broad based sell-off.

LTC/USD 05/07/18 4-Hourly Chart

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Ripple Hovers at Sub-$0.50 Levels

Ripple’s XRP gained 0.82% on Wednesday, partially reversing Tuesday’s 1.53% fall, to end the day at $0.48996.

An early pullback to an intraday low $0.46943 saw Ripple’s XRP test the day’s first major support level at $0.4672 before recovering through the morning, the early sell-off a continuation of Tuesday’s late in the day reversal.

The morning recovery saw Ripple’s XRP move back through to $0.50 levels. A late afternoon trend bucking rally saw Ripple’s XRP test the day’s first major resistance level at $0.5104 with an intraday high $0.50777 before pulling back to sub-$0.50 levels by the day’s end, $0.50 a key level for Ripple’s XRP this week.

At the time of writing, Ripple’s XRP was up 0.43% to $0.49201, with moves through the morning tracking the broader market.

A morning low $0.4835 and high $0.50359 left the day’s major support and resistance levels untested early on.

For the day ahead, a move back through the morning high $0.50359 would support a run at the first major resistance level at $0.5087 to bring the 23.6% FIB Retracement Level of $0.5528 into play, though we will expect Ripple’s XRP to continue to struggle to hold on to $0.50 levels.

Failure to move back through to $0.50 levels could see Ripple’s XRP ease back to bring the first major support level at $0.4703 into play, with sentiment across the broader market to dictate whether Ripple’s XRP can recovery to $0.48 levels by the day’s end.

XRP/USD 05/07/18 4-Hourly Chart

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About the Author

Bob Masonauthor

With over 20 years of experience in the finance industry, Bob has been managing regional teams across Europe and Asia and focusing on analytics across both corporate and financial institutions. Currently he is covering developments relating to the financial markets, including currencies, commodities, alternative asset classes, and global equities.

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