Ethereum market sold off during the week, as crypto currencies continue to get pummeled. Quite frankly, I believe that a lot of damage has been done to the retail trader, and it is going to be difficult to convince him to come back.
Ethereum market sold off during the week, breaking down below the psychologically important $1000 level finally, and although we did get a bit of a bounce, this time it stuck. I think the market is going to go looking towards the $800 level next, but we may get a short-term bounce. That bounce should be and I selling opportunity, and I believe that the market should continue to drop significantly if we clear the $725 level. At that point, I would anticipate a return to the $300 level. The Ethereum markets have been following Bitcoin as usual, so it makes sense that the markets will move in the same direction.
Ethereum markets broke down significantly during the week against the Euro as well, so I think that the market which should continue to go lower, as the 50% Fibonacci retracement level was breached. We did find buyers just below there though, so it is at least a sign of hope, something that is not to be found in most crypto currencies lately. I still think that there is more pain to come though, so I would not be buying at this point and I suspect that this is going to become a “sell the rallies” type of situation going forward, and I think that is only a matter of time before we breakdown rather significantly. We would need to see a green candle with a lot of volume to change the overall attitude, but I think at this point the retail trader has been hurt far too much.
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.