Litecoin Price Technical Analysis for 21/4/2015 - Volatility Squeeze
Litecoin had a very quiet Monday (April 21). As the 1H char shows, it remains in the middle of a consolidation range made last week between 1.32 and 1.46. Litecoin (LTCUSD) 1H Chart April 21. Here are some observations on the 1H chart: 1) Price and the 200-, 100-, and 50-hour simple moving averages (SMAs) are all merging together around 1.41. This reflects a volatility squeeze, a market that has no conviction in any direction. 2) The RSI has been holding under 60, which reflects some bias towards bearish momentum. 3) Note that the times of strongest volume coincided with bearish hourly....
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