A positive start to the day gives the bulls a chance of forming a near-term bullish trend following Stellar's Lumen bucking the broader market trend last week. The news wires will need to behave though...
Stellar’s Lumen rallied 6.22% on Sunday, following on from Saturday’s 0.97% gain, to end the week up 5.2% at $0.22126.
An early morning dip to an intraday low $0.20565 saw Stellar’s Lumen hold clear of the day’s first major support level at 0.1982, with $0.20 having been the line in the sand for the bulls through a trend bucking week that saw Stellar’s Lumen come out on top against the heavy weights of the cryptomarket, Bitcoin and Ethereum in the red for the week.
Following a start of the day dip, Stellar’s Lumen rallied through the morning and early afternoon to an intraday high $0.22424, a break out from the day’s first major resistance level at $0.2160 leading Stellar’s Lumen to test resistance at the day’s second major resistance level at $0.2241 before easing back to $0.21 levels.
In spite of the late afternoon pullback, a move back through to $0.22 levels to hold above the first major resistance level by the day’s end locked in the weekly gains, with the bulls now eyeing a move through to $0.23 levels to bring the 23.6% FIB Retracement Level of $0.2397 into play.
At the time of writing, Stellar’s Lumen was up 0.48% to $0.22232, with an early move through to a morning high $0.22391 seeing Stellar’s Lumen come up short of the first major resistance level at $0.2285 to pull back to a morning low $0.21936, before recovering to $0.22 levels.
With Stellar’s Lumen holding well above the first major support level at $0.2099 in the early hours supporting a recovery to $0.22 levels, the relatively range bound start to the day could be seen as another positive indicator, following last week’s trend bucking gains.
A move back through the morning high $0.22391 to $0.224 levels would support a break through the first major resistance level at $0.2285 to test resistance at $0.23, with sentiment across the broader market needing to stay upbeat for Stellar’s Lumen to avoid a pullback from profit taking later in the day.
Failure to move through to $0.23 levels would likely see Stellar’s Lumen pullback through the morning low $0.21936 to pin back chances of further gains at the start of the week, while we would expect the day’s first major support level at $0.2099 to be left untested today, barring particularly dire news hitting the wires, last week’s moves and this morning’s consolidation supporting the beginnings of a near-term bullish trend formation.
Major Support Level: $0.2099
Major Resistance Level: $0.2285
Fib 23.6% Retracement Level: $0.2397
Fib 38% Retracement Level: $0.2828
Fib 62% Retracement Level: $0.3526
With over 28 years of experience in the financial industry, Bob has worked with various global rating agencies and multinational banks. Currently he is covering currencies, commodities, alternative asset classes and global equities, focusing mostly on European and Asian markets.