Bitcoin markets were a bit soft on Friday but started to recover later in the day as the Americans took over. With that being said, we still find this market consolidating longer term, so it’s going to be difficult to get aggressive in this market unless you are short-term trader.
Bitcoin markets fell during most of the session on Friday, but as the Europeans went home, the American started to buy it. The $11,000 level seems to be a bit of a fulcrum for price, but looking at the longer-term charts, it’s not until we break above the $12,000 level that I feel the market can continue to go much higher. Ultimately, this is a market that I think has try to put in a bottom, so I still think it’s easier to buy this market than selling, but right now I think we’re going to remain a little bit flat, meaning that short-term scalping is probably as good as it gets.
Bitcoin also fell against the Japanese yen initially during the day, but unlike the US based pair, the market remained a bit negative as the Americans came on board. I believe that the market is currently consolidating between the ¥1 million level on the bottom, and the ¥1.3 million level on the top. Ultimately, this is a market that I think will continue to be very noisy, but as we are essentially in the middle of this range, I think we are looking at a lot of back and forth trading. We will eventually get some type of impulsivity, and once we do it will be easier to follow. A break above the ¥1.3 million level has this market going back into a “buy-and-hold” scenario as it had been previously.
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