BTC/USD Breaks below Support and 35,000, ETH/USD Breaks down to 1,260 but Makes It Back above 1,325

BTC/USD

With the falling continuing, the price broke down below the local support level at 33,937between 09:00 and 10:00 UTC.

At 11:00 UTC, the pair slowed down the face of its downward price action and started finding support at around 33,450. From 12:00 to 18:00 UTC, the pair was mainly contained between 33,450 and a local technical level at 33,937, with a brief dip below 33,500 taking place between 16:00 and 17:00 UTC. But some measure of resistance was found at 33,450 between 11:00 and 17:00 UTC did not let the price break it down. At 17:00 UTC, BTC/USD attempted an upturn above the resistance level and was able to do it in the hour between 18:00 and 19:00 UTC.

The exit outside the symmetrical triangle increases the chances of further downside dynamics for BTC/USD in the near future. It means that the 2.618 Fibonacci retracement level will be the next target level for the pair. There is a local support level at 33,817, but it should not pose a serious obstacle for BTC/USD on its way to 31,000.

ETH/USD

ETH/USD opened 20th January at 1,367.9 as per the exchange rate on CEX.IO. The overall dynamics were quite reminiscent of those of BTC/USD. The trading pair took a bounce to 1,405 in the first hour of the day and dropped to 1,343 between 03:00 and 04:00 UTC. Some certain sideways trading was taking place between 04:00 and 09:00 UTC.

Between 09:00 and 10:00 UTC, ETH/USD once again dropped handsomely to 1,300. The third big drop of the day took place between 11:00 and 12:00 UTC when the pair fell below 1,260 and quickly bounced off 1,240. But further falling was retraced with countertrade volumes, and the ETH/USD cross rate continued trading mainly between 1,260 and 1,310 for the most part of the time between 12:00 and 18:00 UTC.

A break back above the 4.326 Fibonacci retracement level occurred between 19:00 and 20:00 UTC, with the price suddenly rising 1,350. ETH/USD continued trading above 1,325 until 21:00 UTC.

The ETH/USD took a substantial downswing to 1,260 but the late retracement above 1,350 fairly nullified those downside efforts, showing a continuing bullish sentiment in ETH/USD. ETH/USD remains under temporary selling pressure, but the uptrend on the 4-hour timeframe remains unbroken with new lows going consistently above the previous ones. Therefore, the closest target for ETH/USD is an upside one at 1,430.

Konstantin Anissimov, Executive Director at CEX.IO