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Bitcoin Price Forecast March 20, 2018, Technical Analysis

By:
Christopher Lewis
Updated: Mar 20, 2018, 05:42 GMT+00:00

Bitcoin markets were noisy on Monday, as financial markets around the world went back and forth rather significantly. I believe that in general, these markets will continue to be volatile, and I think that the crypto currency markets will perhaps have more volatility than most. That is typically the case, although I do think that institutional money coming into this market has quelled some of the overall volatility.

BTC/USD daily chart, March 20, 2018

BTC/USD

The Bitcoin markets rallied against the US dollar during trading on Monday, which is not a surprise considering how much volatility that we had seen in various markets around the world. Sometimes, Bitcoin is used as a safety play. While I don’t agree with that longer-term, short term it seems to hold up rather well. I suspect at this point we will trying to break towards the $8800 level, followed by $9200. Currently, $8300 looks to be support, and $8000 will most certainly act the same way.

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BTC/JPY

Bitcoin rallied against the Japanese yen as well, which is always a good sign as it is 40% of trading volume around the world. As we approach the ¥920,000 level, I suspect that we will break out to the upside and go looking towards ¥1 million again. Obviously, that is a very important psychological level, and breaking above there, although not technically a breakout, would be very healthy for the buyers. I believe that if that’s the case, we will go looking towards the ¥1.1 million level, which for me is the gateway to much higher pricing, perhaps as high as ¥1.3 million.

Alternately, if we break down below the ¥850,000 level, the market drops down to the ¥800,000 handle rather quickly, an area that has been very supportive recently. Expect a lot of choppiness, so therefore your position size should be small.

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BTC/JPY daily chart, March 20, 2018

About the Author

Chris is a proprietary trader with more than 20 years of experience across various markets, including currencies, indices and commodities. As a senior analyst at FXEmpire since the website’s early days, he offers readers advanced market perspectives to navigate today’s financial landscape with confidence.

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