Litecoin Price Technical Analysis for 24/2/2015 - Awaiting Breakout
Consolidation within Consolidation: Litecoin has rebounded from the low of the year at about 1.10 to about 2.45 before falling back towards the middle of this price range. It has since been consolidating in a smaller range roughly between 1.80 and 2.05. Litecoin (LTCUSD) 4H Chart 2/24. Setting up for a Breakout: The 4H chart shows a market that has turned sideways as the moving averages went from sloping down with bearish alignment, to moving sideways in a cluster. With price moving up and below these moving averages (200-, 100-, and 50-period), we know the market is losing direction but....
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Litecoin has broken above the neckline of the Reverse Head & Shoulders pattern which sets its next target at $1.800. But, the upside breach is not convincing enough; the technical indicators do not display strong optimism and the post-breakout price action fails to inspire confidence to buy. Litecoin is presently consolidating above the neckline at $1.700. A technical analysis of the 240-minute LTC/USD price chart prevents me from buying into this market trap. Litecoin Chart Structure - Even though Litecoin has broken above the neckline level of $1.690, it has not made any significant....
The long call given in previous Litecoin price technical analysis Breakout has certainly paid off big. Litecoin price has jumped from $2.887 to hit an intraday high of $3.137, a huge addition of 8.66 percent. Even now, the momentum is looking very strong as Litecoin threatens to take out another key resistance level. Litecoin is currently trading at $3.110. Technically, Litecoin remains on a very strong footing but it runs a major risk as well - the risk of being quickly overbought. Read the latest values of the technical indicators below for further clarity. Litecoin Chart Structure -....
Litecoin bears have been smoked by the massive 27% rally in the past 24 hours following a high volume breakout from the range I discussed in my previous analysis, New Range. The surreal rise in Litecoin price has also pushed it to the highest level of 2015. Litecoin is currently trading at $3.871, a strong advance from yesterday's $3.047. Litecoin's jump to a fresh 2015-high closely follows Bitcoin's leap to a new June high, as the Greece crisis comes to its D-day. A technical look at the 240-minute LTC-USD price chart above tells that Litecoin has entered the "no-buy" zone due to its....