Market Outlook #79 (1st June 2020)

Hello, hello and welcome to the 79th Market Outlook.

In this week’s post, I’ll be covering Bitcoin, Ethereum and NEO.

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Anyway, let’s crack on:

Bitcoin:

Price: $9562

Market Cap: $176.244bn

Thoughts: Well, despite another week passing by, Bitcoin remains coiled inside a tightening range.

Looking at the daily chart, there is clear short-term trendline resistance that has formed over recent weeks, with each high lower than the previous. We also printed a higher-low last week at $8585, above the $8100 range low from a couple of weeks prior. This contracting range has been occurring on decreasing volume, as such patterns often do, with the current tussle being with the old weekly high at $9470, which I have repeatedly mentioned as an important line in the sand. The fact that we are now forming a mini-consolidation below short-term trendline resistance – a fractal of the weekly pattern unfolding – makes me think that we will see an upside breakout soon, but I doubt it will be as easy as that. We may get another dump into the 360-day moving average before the pattern resolves, but I am expecting $10100 to be retested soon. If price is able to close above $10100, a move into the double-top at $10600 should swiftly follow. Close and hold above that and it is clear skies and I believe the macro bull run is underway.

However, this is by no means guaranteed. Despite the consolidation pattern unfolding, we may well still be making a lower-high on the weekly. My invalidation for the bullish scenario would be a daily close below $8100, with a more aggressive flip to short possible on a close below $8585.

Ethereum:

ETH/USD

ETH/BTC

Price: $237.94 (0.02483 BTC)

Market Cap: $26.456bn (2,759,455 BTC)

Thoughts: Ethereum is leading the charge somewhat as it has broken out of consolidation before BTC/USD, driven by rallies in ETH/BTC.

Now, looking at the daily for the dollar pair, we can see that price closed firmly above that high at $228 that I was so keenly watching, with consolidation occurring above the high. Price didn’t quite reach the pre-capitulation swing-high at $254 before rejecting but I am now looking for a move into that high over the coming days. It is at that point that I will be paying most attention, as there are two possible scenarios that make for high R plays; either we see a breakdown at the trendline resistance after taking out $254, which I would look to get short on, or we close above the confluence of levels and rally into $290.

Turning to the daily for the BTC pair, there is a clear breakout above trendline resistance on this timeframe and the 200DMA looks to be crossing over the 360DMA from below for the first time in over a year. I have marked out the area I was discussing last week at 0.023, which, as we can see, preceded a swift move up as soon as it was reclaimed. If we start to see a similar consolidation here, I’d expect to see another leg up above 0.0261. If we fall here and close back under 0.0245, I’d be looking for a retest of the consolidation at 0.023 before price decides on a direction. I am, however, leaning bullish here, as trendline resistance is failing to be respected.

NEO:

NEO/USD

Daily:

NEO/BTC

Daily:

Price: $12.40 (0.00129 BTC)

Market Cap: $874.942mn (91,271 BTC)

Thoughts: NEO has been very similar in its movements to many majors, as one might expect.

Looking at the daily, we can see a reclamation of the 200DMA and 360DMA and pre-capitulation support at $10.25. I’d expect to see a move up from here into that resistance at $13.86. Above that and I think we move for that higher-high at $17. Beyond that, I am looking at $24.56 as major resistance. However, if price loses the confluence of levels at $10.25, I’d expect a retest of $6.50 as support.

The NEO/BTC chart is quite a bit more attractive: on the daily, you can see the trajectory I am expecting over the coming days, with short-term trendline support now in place and price having reclaimed the 200DMA and 360DMA. There is also a clear break in market structure to the upside, with price having broken and closed above 0.0012. I am looking at 0.00153 as a short-term upside target.

And that concludes this week’s Market Outlook.

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