Bitcoin markets had a very strong session on Monday, reaching towards resistance almost immediately. Because of this, it looks as if the buyers are trying to come in and pick up some value, but we are currently dancing around a very important level, so I think the noisy trading conditions will continue to be an issue.
Bitcoin rallied against the US dollar, reaching towards the $10,400 level. By breaking through the $10,000 level again, it is showing that the market is trying to determine the longer-term move, as the $10,000 level is so important. I think that given enough time, the market should continue to go much higher, if we can break above the 8 $11,000 level. If not, we will continue to bounce around this area, but a significant break below the $9400 level, the market should then go to the $8000 level. I think that short-term back and forth trading will continue to dominate this market in the meantime, as there are a lot of questions.
Bitcoin also rallied against the Japanese yen, which of course is important as Japan is such a large portion of crypto currency trading. However, we are currently between 2 massive levels, in the form of the ¥1 million level as supportive on the bottom, and the ¥1.2 million level as resistance above. Until we break out of this range, I think that the market will probably continue to be very noisy, but tradable if you are short-term trader. If and when we finally break out of this range, you can simply follow the market for the longer-term move. It does look like we’re trying to form some type of base in the area of ¥1 million, so break down below there would be rather significant.
Being FXEmpire’s analyst since the early days of the website, Chris has over 20 years of experience across various markets and assets – currencies, indices, and commodities. He is a proprietary trader as well trading institutional accounts.