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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/USD Video 20.03.18

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

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.

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