Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 22/2/2015 - Slowing Down
Bitcoin price continued to approach the $256 resistance level territory yesterday, recording a high of around $248 and a low of around $243. The low trading volume of yesterday's market is the main reason why the price didn't rise up to higher levels. By studying the 1 hour Bitfinex (BTC/USD) charts from tradingview.com and plotting the 20 hour EMA (look at the below chart), we can notice the following: Bitcoin price has been trading yesterday outside the trend lines we plotted on our analysis on the 20th of January; however, the price remained to exhibit rising support levels as shown by....
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